Compensation

Compensation

Pay Increases to Remain Flat in 2020: Study

Employers are setting aside more for discretionary bonuses to top performers.

William Sprouse
August 8, 2019
Hiring

How Finance Leaders Can Hire and Keep Talent

Basing career culture on experiences instead of titles and promotions can lower the cost of new hires and help retain valued employees: Gartner.
Compensation

A Creative Way to Reduce Execs’ Taxes on Equity Pay

Law firm promotes a method for corporations to structure restricted stock awards so they are taxed at capital gains rates rather than ordinary income.
Compensation

CBO Gives Mixed Verdict on $15 Minimum Wage

A hike in the minimum wage to $15 per hour would boost the income of 17 million workers but could also lead to the loss of 1.3 million jobs, the CBO says.
Banking & Capital Markets

Sears Owner Seeks to Opt Out of Severance Payments

Eddie Lampert had promised to pay $43 million to former workers.
Compensation

Do Clawbacks Cause as Many Problems as They Prevent?

While penalties for erroneous financial reporting may spur achievement, they also may lead executives to cover up their mistakes, study suggests.
Compensation

Salary Growth for Finance Professionals Slows

Executive and management-tier finance professionals got smaller raises in 2018, but finance staff received slightly bigger boosts.
Tax

Tax on Nonprofits Could Snare Companies, Too

A new excise tax on executive pay at tax-exempt entities may also apply to their affiliated for-profit companies, IRS guidance suggests.
Compensation

Investor Group Petitions for Better Exec Comp Disclosure

The investors want companies to better explain in proxies their use of non-GAAP metrics for determining executive compensation.
Compensation

Uber Drivers Plan Strike Ahead of IPO

Drivers for Uber and Lyft will turn off their apps to protest low wages.
Financial Reporting

CEO Stock Options Drive Income Smoothing

Smoothing tends to serve a good purpose where the CEO's pay mix leans toward stock grants, but not where option grants predominate, a new study finds.
Compensation

For Management Accountants, Gender Pay Gap Is Closing

There's reason for hope that the gender pay gap among management accountants will in time narrow much further.
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