What is the future of salary management? If current trends continue, employers will be forced to adopt a new program model. Here are the reasons: First, … Read more
When It Comes to Pay, Everything in Moderation – Including Moderation
Compensation professionals do a lot of moderating. We work to moderate expectations. We work to moderate misunderstandings with incentive pay. And … Read more
CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure: 8 Things HR Professionals Need to Know Now
By Joni L. Andrioff In September, the Securities Exchange Commission approved proposed rules on calculating the ratio of the chief executive officer’s … Read more
Which Comes First, the Pay or the Performance?
It’s an age-old negotiation. Pay me more and I will perform. Perform better and I will pay you. So what comes first, the payment or the performance? Hay … Read more
CEO Pay: Why Not More Outrage Over Other Highly Paid People?
Why do so many of us get so bent out of shape about CEO compensation, but not about that of other relatively highly paid people? That is the central … Read more
Executive Compensation Rising, But Nowhere Near Pre-Recession Levels
In the years leading up to the recession, the talent market was hot. Unemployment in 2007 was hovering in the 4.5 percent range and U.S. GDP growth – while … Read more
Solving People’s Pay Angst: It’s About Clarity, Process — and Fairness
As an independent advisor, I am often called in to help with situations where compensation has become a very emotional and even intractable problem. Having … Read more
The First Lie That You Hear in HR
Many of you are now aware that Peyton Manning, All Pro NFL quarterback, was released by the Indianapolis Colts (I wrote about it here). Long story short, … Read more
All You Need to Know About 2012 Pay Raises: “3 Percent is the New 4 Percent”
Everybody knows that pay raises and salary increases have only edged up slightly from the worst of the Great Depression years (unless you are a CEO or work … Read more
Tomorrow on TLNT Radio: Maximizing Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Ethics
Last week we talked to attorney and TLNT contributor Eric B. Meyer about some of the latest rule clarifications and changes handed down from the NLRB and … Read more