Chief Executive Research surveyed 1,631 companies in April thru June of 2018 about their fiscal 2017 and 2018 compensation levels and practices. Detailed data from this survey is analyzed and presented in our acclaimed annual CEO & Senior Executive Compensation Report for Private Companies. READ MORE
US workers' compensation rose moderately in 1st quarter
Wages and benefits for U.S. workers rose 0.7% in the first three months of the year, a modest gain that matched the previous quarter's increase. READ MORE
Stock-based compensation: Back to basics
Many companies find stock-based compensation is a great way to attract and retain key employees. Over the past year, many employers focused primarily on changes from the law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), P.L. 115-97. Now that the TCJA dust has settled a bit, it may be a good time for employers to go back to basics and review some important but complex tax rules involving compensatory transfers of employer stock. This discussion summarizes some fundamental income tax considerations for employers related to stock-based compensation under U.S. federal income tax laws. READ MORE
Amazon is the latest retailer to brag about worker compensation
Jeff Bezos’ challenge to other retailers to match Amazon’s $15 minimum wage is just the latest boast from a high-profile company about improving worker compensation as federal lawmakers make little progress. READ MORE
City weighs new corporate tax on stock compensation as tech companies prepare to go public
San Francisco voters may have the chance in November to boost the tax on stock compensation under a proposal announced Wednesday by Supervisor Gordon Mar to target tech companies going public. READ MORE
How Nonqualified Deferred Compensation (NQDC) Plans Work
A nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plan is an arrangement that an employer and employee agree to where the employer accepts to pay the employee sometime in the future. Executives often utilize NQDC plans to defer income taxes on their earnings. They differ drastically from qualified plans, like 401(k)s. As you explore how NQDC plans work and how they compare to qualified ones, you may also consider finding a financial advisor who can give you hands-on attention throughout the process. READ MORE
New Excise Tax on Nonprofit Compensation Casts Wide Net
The sweeping 2017 federal tax law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act added a number of nonprofit-organization-specific provisions to the tax code, including a new 21% excise tax on certain compensation paid by nonprofit organizations. While this provision is focused on nonprofit executive compensation of more than $1 million, its scope is much broader than may first appear. READ MORE
Majority of Directors Say CEO Compensation Should Include Diversity and Inclusion Metrics
Survey by Corporate Board Member and Compensation Advisory Partners finds that 52 percent of public company directors believe diversity and inclusion metrics should be incorporated into the incentive compensation plans for the CEO and executive management team--but how best to do so remains a question. READ MORE
Disney heir calls on company to give 50% of exec bonuses to lowest-paid employees
Abigail Disney is doubling down on her criticism of executive pay at her family's company.
Just days after calling the pay of Disney's top brass "insane," the granddaughter of company co-founder Roy Disney wrote an opinion piece in the Washington Post, in which she acknowledged she "struck a nerve with a Twitter thread about wage inequality at the Walt Disney Co." READ MORE
Typical Worker’s Pay Nears $200,000 at Oil Refiner
It was a fruitful year for the rank and file at oil-and-gas companies, from Exxon Mobil Corp. to Phillips 66.
Oil and gas drillers and refiners had some of the highest-paid median workers in the energy and utility sectors in 2018, according to The Wall Street Journal analysis of annual pay disclosures by hundreds of big U.S. companies. READ MORE
What happened when these women found out what their male colleagues made
April 2 is Equal Pay Day, which symbolically marks how much longer into the year women would have to work in order to earn as much as men did the previous year. READ MORE
Warren Buffett identifies the 'best way' to address income inequality
Legendary investor Warren Buffett, the third richest person in the world, argues in a new interview that the best way to address income inequality is through the Earned Income Tax Credit. READ MORE
Why culture matters in creating a Total Rewards strategy
Remember when employees worked a standard 9-to-5 job, clocking out and checking out at the end of the day, fulfilling a prescribed set of functions to which their success and performance was tied? Perhaps there was also a clear path of promotion and expected incremental salary increases. READ MORE
Abigail Disney Calls Bob Iger’s Compensation ‘Insane’
Abigail Disney, the granddaughter of Disney co-founder Roy O. Disney and daughter of longtime Disney executive Roy E. Disney, believes that the compensation of Disney CEO Bob Iger is “insane,” according to a report from Fast Company. READ MORE
How to Align Sales Compensation with Strategic Goals
I was recently asked how to set up a compensation plan that's aligned with a company's strategic goals. That's a big issue but I'll boil it down for you. READ MORE
Tesla’s Elon Musk could earn up to $2.2 billion from stock options
Tesla Opens a New Window. Chief Executive Elon Musk Opens a New Window. received more than $2.2 billion in stock option awards in 2018, according to a regulatory filing. READ MORE
Shareholder adviser Glass Lewis opposes UBS compensation report
Shareholders of Swiss bank UBS Group should oppose its compensation report for 2018, proxy adviser Glass Lewis said, citing “pay-for-performance concern”. READ MORE
Uber CEO's compensation is tied to $120 billion valuation
Regularly evaluate employee compensation to make sure your business is paying nondiscriminatory fair wages
Proving illegal pay discrimination can be difficult because of the many factors employers consider when setting compensation. READ MORE
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon slashes pay for his employees as revenue drops
Being a Goldman Sachs trader or banker is about to get less lucrative.
The bank cut compensation and benefits set aside for employees in the first quarter by 20% to $3.26 billion, or about $90,780 for each of the bank’s 35,900 workers. A year ago, that figure was $119,323 for each of the bank’s 34,000 workers. READ MORE