Guaranteed pay packages can sway star recruits, but they also pile on risk for overeager firms. READ MORE
Four Things Every Compensation Committee Member Should Do
In my work with the compensation committees of boards of directors, as both an internal compensation expert as well as an external consultant, I've found that the most effective committees have certain qualities and behaviors in common. If you want to maximize your performance as a compensation committee member, here's my best advice. READ MORE
Kiss your pay raise, COLA goodbye? Again
Will the White House and Congress stick with their regular game plan of seeking major cuts in the federal retirement programs again this year? Will the budget coming next week once again seek major cuts in federal retirement programs, even though previous attempts have failed, but not before scaring many government workers and retirees? READ MORE
Elon Musk is getting closer to a massive payday — here's how he could become Jeff Bezos-level wealthy
Elon Musk could be on the way to the first part of a massive payday due to the unique way his compensation package is structured. So we decided to take a look at just how massive it could eventually be. READ MORE
How Richest Man in the World Jeff Bezos Got $8 Billion Richer in Minutes
Don’t you love it when the world’s richest person becomes even richer… by the minute? Life is fair. Especially for a man, such as Jeff Bezos, who runs Amazon, a tech empire that tops the list of some of the most evil companies. READ MORE
Would Your Wages Rise Under ‘Medicare for All’?
Research suggests the answer is yes, but not in all cases, and with significant differences across jobs and labor markets. READ MORE
More CEOs Must Retain Equity Awards Post-Vesting
If current trends hold, eventually stock-retention requirements for CEOs may be almost as universal as equity ownership requirements. READ MORE
Wells Fargo to Pay $79 Million to End Deferred Compensation Suit
Wells Fargo & Co. will pay $79 million to settle a class action covering more than 1,000 former financial advisers who said they were wrongly forced to forfeit deferred compensation when they left the company, the parties told a federal judge in South Carolina. READ MORE
These jobs allow you to work from anywhere in the world—and pay up to $82,916
One of the biggest trends to watch in the future of work is all about flexibility around how, when and where people work. According to a report from the Society for Human Resources Management, 27% of companies offered telecommuting on a full-time basis in 2019, up from 20% of organizations who allowed the flexible arrangement in 2016. READ MORE
3 questions to ask to get the most from your employee compensation package
How well do you understand your overall compensation package? Are you maximizing the value of the salary, benefits, and non-monetary perks offered by your employer? If you’re not sure, ask yourself these three questions. Chances are, you’re leaving some worthwhile perks and benefits on the table. READ MORE
A Closer Look at Elon Musk and His Wild CEO Pay Plan
Good News for Workers? Increased Compensation in the New Year!
As the current economic expansion stretches to a full decade and businesses feel the benefits from last year’s corporate tax cut, the majority of U.S. business leaders have a firmly optimistic outlook for the coming year, especially regarding their own company’s performance. That’s according to results of the 2019 Business Leaders Outlook report from JPMorgan Chase. READ MORE
With Record Profits on Wall Street, Small Bonuses Will Annoy Bankers: Experts
Most Wall Street banks announced their fourth quarter profits beat industry expectations last week. But by the end of this week, bank sources and compensation experts told Reuters, most of their staff will be underwhelmed by their bonuses. READ MORE
Ten Considerations for Performance-Based Compensation
With the dawn of the new year, many companies are taking the initial steps that they hope will allow them to meet their financial and strategic goals in 2020 and beyond. Often, one core element of this process is designing a system of performance awards that will be granted to the executive team, with the intent to motivate executives to achieve the company’s goals by aligning the executive team’s interests with the performance of the company. Performance awards can come in many forms, including stock options, performance-vesting restricted stock or stock units, or cash bonuses. The process of designing performance awards is often messy because there are too many choices and too many unknowns, and companies must also face the risk of inadvertently designing a program that could incentive bad behavior. As you think about your performance awards, here are ten considerations to keep in mind: READ MORE
How AI can eliminate bias in compensation practices
Eliminating bias, or even the perception of bias, is critical to avoiding costly risks to employers in terms of employee engagement, retention, innovation and brand reputation. Employees who perceive bias in their workplace are three times as likely to leave their current job, according to a 2017 Center for Talent Innovation study. READ MORE
NCAA's Emmert: 'Our job' to solve athlete compensation
NCAA President Mark Emmert spoke for 20 minutes Thursday in a crowded ballroom at the Anaheim Convention Center, two huge video boards on either side of the stage showing his image so the folks way in the back could see. READ MORE
Rep. Stokesbary revives effort to allow college athletes to receive fair compensation
Rep. Drew Stokesbary, R-Auburn, is reviving his effort to allow college athletes to receive fair compensation for the use of their name, image and likeness. READ MORE
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s Compensation Rises to $31.5 Million
The pay includes $6.5 million in cash, including salary and bonus, and $25 million in stock grants that would be earned over the coming years, depending on the bank’s performance. READ MORE
Everything you need to know about the government's new stock option taxation rules
Last week, the federal government introduced draft legislation that proposes to limit the preferential tax treatment associated with certain employee stock options. The new rules, originally introduced in the March 2019 federal budget, fulfill a 2015 Liberal party election platform promise to limit the benefits of the stock option deduction by placing a cap on how much can be claimed. At the time, the Liberals quoted a Department of Finance estimate which found that 8,000 “very high-income Canadians deduct an average of $400,000 from their taxable incomes via stock options.” READ MORE
Women CEOs outearn male top execs, according to a new study
There is at least one place where women are earning more than men: the C-Suite. READ MORE