CEOs make a lot more than the workers they oversee. We took a look at just how big that gap is at some of America's biggest corporations. READ MORE
U.S. Jobs Top Estimates With 225,000 Gain, Wages Accelerate
U.S. employers ramped up hiring in January and wage gains rebounded, providing fresh evidence of a durable jobs market that backs the Federal Reserve’s decision to stop cutting interest rates and hands President Donald Trump an early election-year boost. READ MORE
Trump touted low-wage worker pay gains but much of the credit goes to state minimum wage hikes
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Trump touted a “blue collar boom,” noting that wages “are rising fastest for low-income workers.” READ MORE
Wage growth slowed for a good reason
President Trump has positioned himself as a job creator in the run-up to the 2020 elections. With the unemployment rate at a 50-plus-year low at 3.5%, he has a historically low jobless number heading into campaign season. READ MORE
Pay equity doesn’t mean paying the same for everyone
Solving pay equity comes from organizations and their leaders who take ownership of culture, pay programs and total rewards. READ MORE
Is Guaranteed Compensation a Savvy Lateral Lure or an Unnecessary Risk?
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