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May 2013

  1. Insight Minute: Executive Compensation Insight Minute: Executive Compensation
    May 13 | TCB Insight Minute
    What's trending in business this week? Spend a minute with our expert, Marcel Bucsescu, Manager, Corporate Leadership for The Conference Board, and find out in our Insight Minute.
  2. With Private Exchanges, Workers Dump Old Health-care Choices With Private Exchanges, Workers Dump Old Health-care Choices
    May 09 | CFO
    Almost four in five employees at the three customers of Aon Hewitt’s new private exchange chose a different kind of plan than they had used previously. More opted for a less-costly plan than one with better benefits.

April 2013

  1. Baseball and Thoughts on Pay Dispersion in Teams Baseball and Thoughts on Pay Dispersion in Teams
    April 30 | Cornell University - ICS - Insights
    Can baseball teach us lessons about how to pay teams of employees?
  2. President & CEO of RR Donnelley on Changes in Health Care President & CEO of RR Donnelley on Changes in Health Care
    April 29 | The CEO TV Show
    Tom Quinlan, President & CEO of RR Donnelley, discusses the decisions companies face with health care for their employees.
  3. Emerging Technology in Health Engagement Emerging Technology in Health Engagement
    April 25 | WorldatWork
    Many companies say they have a health engagement strategy, but not how to communicate via technology.
  4. Pension Plans Evolve into Quasi-Insurers Pension Plans Evolve into Quasi-Insurers
    April 25 | CFO
    Plan-sponsoring companies shift assets to fixed income to the point where the plans resemble annuity-provider portfolios. Are companies qualified to run the new-look plans?
  5. A New Private Health Exchange, with a Twist A New Private Health Exchange, with a Twist
    April 15 | CFO
    Buck Consultants jumps into the game with an exchange for which insurance carriers compete in each geographic area to be the sole provider there.
  6. Trends in 401(k) and Retirement Plans Trends in 401(k) and Retirement Plans
    April 08 | WorldatWork
    WorldatWork Practice Leader Lenny Sanicola discusses the 2008 economic crisis may not have affected employer contributions to 401(k) plans despite what the media reported.
  7. Feds Shake Up Private Health-Exchange Market Feds Shake Up Private Health-Exchange Market
    April 05 | CFO
    Companies can no longer use health reimbursement arrangements, or HRAs, to help employees purchase their own health insurance through private exchanges.
  8. Pay in Nonprofits Pay in Nonprofits
    April 03 | Cornell University - ICS - Insights
    In the U.S., April 21–27 is National Volunteer Week, a time to recognize all those who work without pay to support important missions or causes championed by nonprofits.

March 2013

  1. Equity-Based Director Compensation Equity-Based Director Compensation
    March 26 | Corporate Leadership Chart
    In larger companies, stock options have become a less common reward for executives and directors. Full value shares are the most prevalent form of equity-based compensation for board members.
  2. Insight Minute: Health Care Reform Insight Minute: Health Care Reform
    March 25 | TCB Insight Minute
    What's trending in business this week? Spend a minute with our expert, Joe McCann, Ph.D., Principal Researcher, Human Capital at The Conference Board, and find out in our Insight Minute.
  3. Valuing Employee Stock Options Valuing Employee Stock Options
    March 20 | Cornell University - ICS - Insights
    Valuing employee stock options is a lot more difficult than it sounds. It helps to remember that employee options and market-traded options are quite different.
  4. Dodd-Frank Pay Provision Is a Net Zero Dodd-Frank Pay Provision Is a Net Zero
    March 08 | CFO
    The law aims to make companies disclose their “pay ratio,” which compares CEO compensation to the employee median. It’s supposed to protect shareholders, but it’s bogus.
  5. Riding the Reform Innovation Wave: Implications for Health Care Organizations and Their CHROs Riding the Reform Innovation Wave: Implications for Health Care Organizations and Their CHROs
    March 01 | Executive Action Report
    As the health care sector undergoes enormous transformational change in all aspects of operations, chief human resources officers must embrace the change and communicate it to their workforce, as they make up more than half the sector's expenditures.

February 2013

  1. Mind The Gap – Knowing What Employees Want Is Key Mind The Gap – Knowing What Employees Want Is Key
    February 27 | The Watercooler
    Kenexa conducted an annual Compensation Outlook Survey. Our focus is on questions that will give us a deeper view into HR’s perception of engagement, pride, retention, and other factors affecting human capital.
  2. Director Compensation and Board Practices: 2013 Edition Director Compensation and Board Practices: 2013 Edition
    February 20 | Research Report
    This report analyzes findings from a 2012 survey of 359 companies issuing equity securities registered with the U.S. SEC and provides benchmarking information on the compensation awarded to individual board members in FY2011 and on board practices.
  3. Wellness Programs Can Reduce Worker Medical Costs by 18% Wellness Programs Can Reduce Worker Medical Costs by 18%
    February 14 | Workforce.com
    This report confirms wellness programs could reduce costs for physical inactivity, smoking, high blood pressure, and obesity. If the risk factors were lowered to “theoretical minimums,” health care expenses could be lowered by 18.4 percent.
  4. Nice Girls Don't Ask Nice Girls Don't Ask
    February 08 | Harvard Business Review
    Men and women are still treated unequally in the workplace. Women continue to earn less, on average, for the same performance, and they remain underrepresented in top jobs.
  5. Pay and Relative Income Within Couples Pay and Relative Income Within Couples
    February 04 | Cornell University - ICS - Insights
    Since this month contains Valentine’s Day, I got to thinking about love and marriage and ... compensation? I always think about compensation, but since it is February, I figured I would add love and marriage to the mix.

January 2013

  1. Worker Delusion Hikes Health-care Costs Worker Delusion Hikes Health-care Costs
    January 30 | CFO
    Most employees think their health is just fine, but more than half of them are wrong.
  2. How to Attack the Gender Wage Gap? Speak Up How to Attack the Gender Wage Gap? Speak Up
    January 28 | The New York Times
    Ms. Houle is the national director of a group called the WAGE Project, which aims to close the gender pay gap.
  3. The 2012 Executive Compensation Conference KeyNotes Report The 2012 Executive Compensation Conference KeyNotes Report
    January 24 | Conference KeyNotes
    Paying for Performance Alignment
  4. U.S. CEOs Push Plan To Raise Full Retirement Age To 70 U.S. CEOs Push Plan To Raise Full Retirement Age To 70
    January 24 | Associated Press
    An influential group of business CEOs is pushing a plan to gradually increase the full retirement age to 70 for both Social Security and Medicare and to partially privatize the health insurance program for older Americans.
  5. CEO of GE Healthcare on the Globalization of Health Care CEO of GE Healthcare on the Globalization of Health Care
    January 17 | The CEO TV Show
    John Dineen, President & CEO of GE Healthcare compares the unique health care needs facing China and the United States, and how they use both local and global perspectives to successfully manage their teams.
  6. Is It Up to Business to Solve the Toughest Problems? Is It Up to Business to Solve the Toughest Problems?
    January 16 | The Conference Board Review
    Benefits consultant Jennifer Benz proposes that companies take more responsibility for tackling workers' struggles with obesity and financial insecurity.
  7. The Pay Problem The Pay Problem
    January 16 | The Conference Board Review
    CEO pay is no longer out of control, as it was a few years ago, argues compensation consultant Don Delves. Now companies need to turn their attention to how they compensate the rest of their staff, keeping in mind incentive-based motivation as well as societal inequality.
  8. Alternative Health Benefits: Like Bringing Your Pet to Work? Alternative Health Benefits: Like Bringing Your Pet to Work?
    January 09 | CFO
    Despite one manufacturer’s staunch insistence that its broad coverage of alternative medicine practices yields big benefits, skeptics abound.
  9. Presidential Pay Presidential Pay
    January 07 | Cornell University - ICS - Insights
    Does the U.S. president’s salary make any sense? Even though we have had 44 presidents of the United States, they have only been paid six unique salaries. This is stunning.
  10. Linking Executive Pay and Performance Linking Executive Pay and Performance
    January 03 | WorldatWork
    Say on pay has shed light on companies' ability to relate pay and performance. Blair Jones, Managing Director at Semler Brossy, discusses companies' shift to other definitions of pay, including realizable pay.
  11. A Solution to Our Country’s Big Health-Care Problem? A Solution to Our Country’s Big Health-Care Problem?
    January 02 | CFO
    One Fortune 500 CEO thinks covering alternative medicine techniques and therapies is the right course for both workers’ health and the bottom line.

December 2012

  1. Pension Plans Even Worse Off Than Sponsors Thought Pension Plans Even Worse Off Than Sponsors Thought
    December 12 | CFO
    This year’s downgrading of bonds issued by big banks will drive up plan liabilities and may catch sponsors off guard.
  2. Top Athlete Pay Top Athlete Pay
    December 06 | Cornell University - ICS - Insights
    Lots of folks get riled up over the level and rapid rise of CEO pay, but what about other relatively highly paid people, like well-known athletes?

November 2012

  1. Eight Tips for Assessing Private Health Exchanges Eight Tips for Assessing Private Health Exchanges
    November 16 | CFO
    Employers need to look at these factors to take the measure of this new method of delivering benefits.
  2. Former President Clinton Launches Healthcare Initiative Former President Clinton Launches Healthcare Initiative
    November 16 | Healthcare Informatics
    Bill Clinton launched a health initiative aimed at tackling preventable health issues. The Clinton Health Matters Initiative will see the creation of an online platform that allows people in underserved areas to discover “scalable” solutions.
  3. “Private Exchanges” Could Trigger Health-Benefits Revolution “Private Exchanges” Could Trigger Health-Benefits Revolution
    November 05 | CFO
    Barely more than two years ago, the phrase “health-insurance exchange” had just poked its toe into the waters of the corporate lexicon. Just now the issue is hot — and not only because of the state and federal exchanges to be created under the Affordable Care Act.
  4. Economic Effects of the Minimum Wage Economic Effects of the Minimum Wage
    November 02 | Cornell University - ICS - Insights
    The minimum wage is important to many workers at some (or many) points in their working lives. I was in that pool during my earliest years in the labor market, but, like many, have moved up the wage scale since then.

October 2012

  1. GE Healthcare CEO: Improving Health Care Through Technology GE Healthcare CEO: Improving Health Care Through Technology
    October 23 | CEO Show
    John Dineen, President & CEO of GE Healthcare discusses using technology to improve the quality, cost and access to health care.
  2. The 2012 Executive Compensation Conference KeyNotes Report The 2012 Executive Compensation Conference KeyNotes Report
    October 17 | Conference KeyNotes
    Navigating the Management/Shareholder Partnership: Making Performance Really Matter
  3. The State of Human Capital 2012: False Summit The State of Human Capital 2012: False Summit
    October 15 | Research Report
    This report is the result of a joint research effort by The Conference Board and McKinsey & Company to highlight the most significant challenges facing human capital executives.
  4. How the Olympics Remind Us About Compensation How the Olympics Remind Us About Compensation
    October 02 | Cornell University - ICS - Insights
    The Olympics captivated the attention of the world this past summer, and they offer us some interesting compensation lessons.

September 2012

  1. What the Elections Will Mean for Health Care What the Elections Will Mean for Health Care
    September 25 | CFO
    The Presidential race and which party wins control of the Senate may dictate much about health-care reform and its costs for years to come.
  2. Dreading Obamacare, CFOs Plan for Perils Dreading Obamacare, CFOs Plan for Perils
    September 20 | CFO
    Many finance chiefs are rooting hard for a Romney triumph in the Presidential race, in hopes of a repeal or dilution of the Affordable Care Act. In the meantime, however, they are proceeding as if Obamacare is here to stay.
  3. Health-Care Reform: Implications for Total Rewards Health-Care Reform: Implications for Total Rewards
    September 20 | WorldatWork
    Melissa Sharp, Public Policy Manager, WorldatWork, discusses the recent ruling, how it affects employers and what can be expected in the near future.
  4. 'Papa John,' Can You Spare a Dime for Health Care? 'Papa John,' Can You Spare a Dime for Health Care?
    September 20 | SHRM
    Say what you will about the hype surrounding "Papa John" Schnatter's claim that health care reform will force him to hike the cost of a pizza by more than a dime. Whether or not you like his pies, it appears he's right.
  5. CEOs Off the Clock CEOs Off the Clock
    September 17 | Cornell University - ICS - Insights
    CEOs take time off too. In last month’s column, Kevin Hallock wrote about vacations and differences in the number of employer-awarded vacation days and the share of those days actually used by employees.
  6. A Burden Now, a Blessing Later? A Burden Now, a Blessing Later?
    September 10 | CFO
    If someone asks me whether I think the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act makes sense, I want to rejoin with: over the short term or over the long term?
  7. Drug-Benefits War Heats Up Drug-Benefits War Heats Up
    September 04 | CFO
    Pharmacy benefits management goliath Express Scripts has a smaller but fattened-up competitor nipping at its heels. An interview with Jeff Park, CFO of new number-four player Catamaran.
  8. Research in Brief: The Evolving Compensation Function Research in Brief: The Evolving Compensation Function
    September 04 | WorldatWork
    WorldatWork Compensation Advisory Board members discuss the results of the advisory council-initiated survey, "The Evolving Compensation Function," including the changing role of compensation and advice for early-career professionals.

August 2012

  1. Will Big Companies Drop Health Benefits? Will Big Companies Drop Health Benefits?
    August 30 | CFO
    Once the dust settles on the forthcoming state insurance exchanges, small companies may not be the only ones seeking to shed employee health plans.
  2. Quantifying the Value of Work-Life Benefits at Prudential Quantifying the Value of Work-Life Benefits at Prudential
    August 28 | WorldatWork
    Maureen Corcoran, Vice President of health, life and inclusion at Prudential Financial, discusses the “Work-Life Estimator Tool,” which helps express the value of work-life programs.
  3. U.S. Top Executive Compensation Report: 2012 Edition U.S. Top Executive Compensation Report: 2012 Edition
    August 28 | Research Report
    This report examines salary and compensation for the CEO and top executives of 2,411 publicly traded companies in the United States in 2011.
  4. Rewarding and Retaining Key Talent Rewarding and Retaining Key Talent
    August 06 | WorldatWork
    What's keeping total rewards professionals awake at night? The risk of losing talent as the economy improves. Loyola University Professor Dow Scott talks about retention as a challenge for the profession well into the next decade.
  5. Vacation as Compensation Vacation as Compensation
    August 02 | Cornell University - ICS - Insights
    There is enormous variation in vacation time. Just as there are differences in what pay mix and workplace practices are normal, so are there differences in vacation time — across countries, occupations, companies and time.

July 2012

  1. Refining the Total Rewards Package through Employee Input Refining the Total Rewards Package through Employee Input
    July 26 | WorldatWork
    MillerCoors set out to review their total rewards strategy and programs to appeal to existing employees as well, as the next generations of talent.
  2. Salaries on the Rise Salaries on the Rise
    July 26 | Knowledge@Wharton
    Globalization brings new pressures to India. As globalization spreads and as the slowdown caused by the financial crisis appears to be history, mergers and acquisitions are looking up.
  3. July 2012: Paying Professors July 2012: Paying Professors
    July 05 | Cornell University - ICS - Insights
    Kevin Hallock, Ph.D., in his first published article (way back in 1995), wrote about the compensation of university professors. In this article, he now faces putting research into practice.
  4. What Motivates Us? What Motivates Us?
    July 02 | RSA
    This lively RSA Animate, adapted from Dan Pink's talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace.

June 2012

  1. Health Insurers: We’ll Continue with Reforms, Regardless Health Insurers: We’ll Continue with Reforms, Regardless
    June 20 | CFO
    Before the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the Affordable Care Act, three large insurers announce they will continue some of the consumer-protection provisions of the health-care reform law no matter what the court decides.
  2. India and China Will Lead the Mobile Health Care Revolution India and China Will Lead the Mobile Health Care Revolution
    June 19 | Knowledge@Wharton
    At the annual summit on mobile health care, Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. health and human services secretary, noted the use of mobile devices in delivering health care is the “biggest technology breakthrough of our time.”
  3. U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2013 U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2013
    June 19 | Research Report
    Based on a sample of 316 companies, the latest edition of The Conference Board survey of U.S. salary increase budgets reveals a median increase of 3.00 percent, just like last year.
  4. Why External Hires Get Paid More and Perform Worse Why External Hires Get Paid More and Perform Worse
    June 14 | Knowledge@Wharton
    According to Wharton management professor Matthew Bidwell, "external hires" get significantly lower performance evaluations for their first two years on the job than do internal workers. They are also paid substantially more.
  5. Does Graduating in a Bad Economy Penalize Your Pay for Life? Does Graduating in a Bad Economy Penalize Your Pay for Life?
    June 05 | Cornell University--ICS--Insights
    My daughter is graduating from high school this month and headed off to college in the fall. What will the economy be like when she finishes with her schooling?
  6. Employee Health Care Conference KeyNotes Report Employee Health Care Conference KeyNotes Report
    June 04 | Conference KeyNotes
    Embracing a New Era: The Spectrum of Opportunity

May 2012

  1. Governance and Executive Compensation in Nonprofits Governance and Executive Compensation in Nonprofits
    May 07 | Cornell University - ICS - Insights
    Corporate governance has attracted much attention lately, justifiably many would argue. But what about governance of nonprofits? There seems to be less focus on these issues in nonprofit organizations.

April 2012

  1. Why Do We Tip? Why Do We Tip?
    April 10 | Cornell University - ICS - Insights
    Why do people complain when a sales tax is raised by half a percent but voluntarily “tax” themselves an extra 15 percent to 20 percent to tip service workers, even ones they don’t know and will likely never see again?

March 2012

  1. 2012 IndustryWeek Salary Survey: Welcome Back, Raises 2012 IndustryWeek Salary Survey: Welcome Back, Raises
    March 20 | IndustryWeek
    Pay increases return in the 2012 IndustryWeek Salary Survey. Even more, data reveal a remedy for the manufacturing talent shortage -- and it's within your own four walls.
  2. Massive Kinked Bonuses Massive Kinked Bonuses
    March 20 | Cornell University - ICS - Insights
    While most people are paid by the hour or with a yearly salary, some are also paid bonuses. And, some are paid very large, all-or-nothing bonuses.
  3. Human Capital in the Cloud Human Capital in the Cloud
    March 15 | CFO
    Your most pivotal human capital in the future may not be your employees, or even contractors or temps you hire.

February 2012

  1. How CEO Pay Became a Massive Bubble How CEO Pay Became a Massive Bubble
    February 23 | HBR
    An interview with Mihir Desai Harvard Business School professor and author of the HBR article The Incentive Bubble.
  2. Advancing Total Rewards and the Employee Value Proposition Advancing Total Rewards and the Employee Value Proposition
    February 13 | WorldatWork
    John Bremen, Managing Director, Talent and Rewards, The Americas, Towers Watson discusses three things successful employers are doing with their total rewards programs.
  3. Go Big – The Firm-Size Pay (and Pay-Mix) Effect Go Big – The Firm-Size Pay (and Pay-Mix) Effect
    February 01 | Cornell University - ICS
    Why Company Size May Matter to You
  4. ICS Commentary - U.S. Employment Cost Index, Q4 2011 ICS Commentary - U.S. Employment Cost Index, Q4 2011
    February 01 | Cornell University - ICS
    Compensation cost increases continuing in a solid “holding pattern.”

January 2012

  1. Sales Compensation Trends: 2012 Survey Results Sales Compensation Trends: 2012 Survey Results
    January 23 | WorldatWork
    David Cichelli, Senior Vice President, The Alexander Group, provides insight into long-term sales compensation trends, effects of the recession and post-recession on sales plans, and what is in store for sales compensation payouts and base salary increases for 2012.
  2. Short-sighted Frugality? Employers Who Rein in Compensation Short-sighted Frugality? Employers Who Rein in Compensation
    January 18 | Knowledge @ Wharton
    As economic malaise bleeds into another New Year, employers are making hard-nosed decisions about benefits and compensation. That means for many in the nation's workforce, compensation remains flat, health care premiums are up, the 401(k) match has disappeared and bonuses are smaller or nonexistent.
  3. Unfair Business Practices Unfair Business Practices
    January 02 | The Conference Board Review
    Perks are extremely visible indicators of who gets and who doesn’t—and how you distribute them can change the entire corporate culture. (Check out the current issue and more at www.tcbreview.com.)

December 2011

  1. Are China's New Social Charges for Foreigners a Hornets Nest Are China's New Social Charges for Foreigners a Hornets Nest
    December 22 | Knowledge @ Wharton
    For foreign companies doing business in China, 2011 has been anything but dull.
  2. Lessons Learned in Building and Reorganizing Part 1 Lessons Learned in Building and Reorganizing Part 1
    December 13 | The Conference Board
    Tips for starting, rebuilding, and organizing a coaching program.
  3. Lessons Learned in Building and Reorganizing Part 2 Lessons Learned in Building and Reorganizing Part 2
    December 13 | The Conference Board
    Discussion: Who gets coaching?
  4. Measuring the Impact of Coaching Measuring the Impact of Coaching
    December 13 | The Conference Board
    Jack Phillips, Co-Founder and Chairman of the ROI Institute, discusses levels of evaluation for coaching.
  5. The Future of Coaching and Mojo The Future of Coaching and Mojo
    December 13 | The Conference Board
    Building blocks of mojo - where does it come from?
  6. Compensation Committee Trends Compensation Committee Trends
    December 05 | WorldatWork
    Steve Harris, CCP, Managing Director of Frederic W. Cook & Co., discusses trends in compensation committees - where they've been and where they are going, how successful committees interact with management, and the impact of recent regulatory issues.

November 2011

  1. Behind the numbers: Medical cost trends for 2012 Behind the numbers: Medical cost trends for 2012
    November 22 | PwC
    This year’s report from PwC’s Health Research Institute finds that the medical cost trend is expected to increase from 8% in 2011 to 8.5% in 2012.
  2. EBRI Databook on Employee Benefits EBRI Databook on Employee Benefits
    November 22 | EBRI
    The EBRI Databook on Employee Benefits includes data from dozens of sources to provide a comprehensive analysis of how the employee benefits system works, who and what its various functions affect, and its relationship with the U.S. economy.
  3. Employee Benefits in the United States Employee Benefits in the United States
    November 22 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Paid leave benefits continued to be the most widely available benefit offered by employers, with paid vacations available to 91 percent of full-time workers in private industry in March 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
  4. Trends in Benefits for 2011 Trends in Benefits for 2011
    November 22 | International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
    The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans has developed a broad employee benefits survey to benchmark the benefit offerings and design of four distinct employment sectors throughout the United States and Canada.
  5. Workscape: Compensation Planning Workscape: Compensation Planning
    November 17 | Workscape
  6. Total Rewards Perspective: South Africa Total Rewards Perspective: South Africa
    November 11 | WorldatWork
    Diane Auld, CCP, GRP, Sr. Human Resource Manager, Pick n Pay, discuses practices and hot topics in South Africa touching on unions, salary increases, job evaluation systems, executive pay, and scarce skills. She also provides considerations for N. American companies expanding to South Africa.
  7. Equal Pay: Setting the Standard to Even the Salary Gap Equal Pay: Setting the Standard to Even the Salary Gap
    November 07 | Knowledge @ Australian School of Business
    It's no secret that Australia has a poor record on female participation in the workforce.
  8. Compensation costs for state and local government workers, September 2011 Compensation costs for state and local government workers, September 2011
    November 01 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    For the 12-month period ending in September 2011, compensation costs for state and local government workers increased 1.5 percent (not seasonally adjusted). Values for this series—which began in June 1982—have ranged from the current period's 1.5 percent to 9.6 percent in June 1982.

October 2011

  1. Getting Performance Metrics and Goal-setting Right Getting Performance Metrics and Goal-setting Right
    October 26 | Conference KeyNotes
    This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will include video clips of two sessions from The Conference Board 2011 Executive Compensation Conference.
  2. 2011 Global Sales Compensation Practices Survey Highlights 2011 Global Sales Compensation Practices Survey Highlights
    October 25 | WorldatWork
    David Cichelli, Senior Vice President, The Alexander Group, and Jim Stoeckmann, CCP, Senior Practice Leader, WorldatWork, provide insights into the survey results.
  3. Career Ladder: Benefits Career Ladder: Benefits
    October 12 | WorldatWork
    Kathy McGrath, CCP, Vice President Total Global Rewards, The Hershey Company, and Chair of the WorldatWork Benefits Advisory Board, and Karen Macke, Senior Vice President, The Hartford Financial Services Group, and member of the WorldatWork Benefits Advisory Board, share their insights on the future of the benefits professional and offer valuable advice for aspiring professionals.
  4. Trends in Benefits Enrollment for 2012: Employees to Take Greater Role Trends in Benefits Enrollment for 2012: Employees to Take Greater Role
    October 12 | WorldatWork
    With benefits open enrollment season upon us, employees at many U.S. companies will be faced with making decisions regarding their 2012 choices for health care and other plans. Aon Hewitt says that while health-care reform remains a key business focus for organizations, it will have less of an impact on most employees' health plan choices in 2012, compared to 2014 and beyond.
  5. Program Perspectives on Fee-For-Service Plans Program Perspectives on Fee-For-Service Plans
    October 01 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Program Perspectives on Fee-For Service Plans presents BLS data on fee-for-service medical plans.
  6. When Equality Doesn’t Abolish Unfairness When Equality Doesn’t Abolish Unfairness
    October 01 | The Conference Board Review
    Any CEO who is proud to offer coverage to same-sex couples as a solution to a faulty healthcare system has his head on backward. He ought to be fighting, tooth and nail, to remove the responsibility of medical coverage from internal and external shareholders and place it solely where it belongs: with the federal government. (Check out the current issue and more at www.tcbreview.com.)

September 2011

  1. Changing Landscape of Employment-based Retirement Benefits Changing Landscape of Employment-based Retirement Benefits
    September 29 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    As the types of retirement benefits provided by employers have changed, so too have plan features.
  2. Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey
    September 27 | Kaiser Family Foundation
    This annual survey of employers provides a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health coverage, including premiums, employee contributions, cost-sharing provisions, and other relevant information.
  3. Increasing Pay Satisfaction without Increasing Pay Increasing Pay Satisfaction without Increasing Pay
    September 20 | WorldatWork
    Karmen Reid, Director of Compensation at Mayo Clinic, shares how Mayo Clinic dramatically improved employee satisfaction with pay, from 17% to 82%. Mayo Clinic's success had little to do with changes to the compensation program itself but a stronger focus on communication, collaboration, transparency, market competitiveness, and predictability. Reid elaborates on her organization's compensation philosophy and why they don't pay for performance.
  4. EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION – JUNE 2011 EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION – JUNE 2011
    September 08 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Private industry employers spent an average of $28.13 per hour worked for employee compensation in June 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
  5. Innovative and Impactful Benefits Communications Innovative and Impactful Benefits Communications
    September 08 | WorldatWork
    Karen Macke, Senior Vice President, The Hartford Financial Services Group, provides advice on ensuring benefits communications are effective.
  6. Generating Retirement Income from Defined Contribution Portf Generating Retirement Income from Defined Contribution Portf
    September 06 | WorldatWork
    Sally Bradley-Golding, Vice President of Client Services, Financial Engines, Inc. discusses the need to combine safety and flexibility in retirement plans to create an effective balance for employees during the 'decumulation' phase. Donna Wallace-Strung, Benefits Director, Baylor Health Care System, shares how Baylor offers hybrid lifetime income solutions in a defined contribution context to help their near-retirees make a planful, structured transition into retirement.
  7. EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX –SEPTEMBER 2011 EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX –SEPTEMBER 2011
    September 01 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.3 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period ending September 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

August 2011

  1. Executive Compensation Update - Mid-2011 Executive Compensation Update - Mid-2011
    August 16 | WorldatWork
    As the economy recovers, so does CEO pay. David Chun, CEO, Equilar, summarizes executive compensation trends over the past three years, including organizational performance, profits per employee, long-term incentive grants, and say on pay.
  2. Implementing Long-term Incentive Plans Implementing Long-term Incentive Plans
    August 10 | WorldatWork
    Dominic Andwan, CCP, Vice President, Global Total Rewards, Stryker Corp. and Gregory Lawler, Vice President, Compensation & Benefits, Avery Dennison Corp. define these plans, discuss implementation, drivers, mixes of executive plans, which companies might not benefit from such plans, importance of goals, initial steps and challenges.
  3. Program Perspectives on Outpatient Prescription Drug Coverage Program Perspectives on Outpatient Prescription Drug Coverage
    August 01 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Program Perspectives on Outpatient Prescription Drug Coverage presents BLS data on outpatient prescription drug coverage, including access and participation rates plus coverage trends for private industry workers.

July 2011

  1. Engaging Senior Leaders in a Total Rewards Strategy Engaging Senior Leaders in a Total Rewards Strategy
    July 26 | WorldatWork
    Forensic Technology's Elisabeth Lecavalier and Donna Kelley share why and how senior leaders can impact total rewards through direct involvement. After overcoming several challenges and implementing a peer recognition program, the end results were improved leadership credibility and an increase in employee engagement levels from 65% to 77%.
  2. Executive Compensation Update: mid-2011 Executive Compensation Update: mid-2011
    July 26 | WorldatWork
    Brent Longnecker, CCP, CBP, GRP, CECP, Chairman, Longnecker & Associates, and Chris Crawford, CCP, CECP, Executive Director, Longnecker & Associates, provide updates on use of comparators vs. competitors, say on pay and stock options.
  3. Pension Freeze the Right Way: The Siemens Example Pension Freeze the Right Way: The Siemens Example
    July 12 | WorldatWork
    Nick Vollrath, CCP, CEBS, Manager Retirement Plans and M&A, Siemens, and Steve Seltz, CCP, VP Compensation and Benefits US/Americas, Siemens, discuss how Siemens successfully transitioned 30,000 employees to a defined contribution plan.
  4. Using Data Transparency to Improve Perceived Value of Base P Using Data Transparency to Improve Perceived Value of Base P
    July 05 | WorldatWork
    Keith Pearce, Perceived Value Program Manager, Intel, and Chris Ragagli, Compensation Manager, Intel, discuss the process used at Intel to implement data transparency across the organization. They also discuss the tools used, implementation challenges, value vs. perceived value of pay and how to get started.

June 2011

  1. U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2012 U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2012
    June 30 | Research Report
    The latest edition of The Conference Board survey of U.S. salary increase budgets found that these budgets will have a median increase of 3.00 percent in 2011.
  2. Using Statistical Research to Drive Compensation Strategy at Using Statistical Research to Drive Compensation Strategy at
    June 27 | WorldatWork
    John Schirm, Compensation Manager, Google, and Eric Schaffer, Director, Performance Management and Executive Compensation, Google, discuss the conjoint methodology used to determine employee preferences for pay mix.
  3. 2011 Employee Benefits Research Report 2011 Employee Benefits Research Report
    June 25 | SHRM
    SHRM’s 2011 Employee Benefits research report, sponsored by Colonial Life, provides comprehensive information about the types of benefits U.S. employers offer to their employees.
  4. Executive Compensation in American Unions Executive Compensation in American Unions
    June 17 | Cornell University - ICS
    Studying compensation in the nonprofit sector is difficult. In nonprofit organizations, it is not always clear what the objectives of the organization are and, therefore, perhaps even more difficult to consider how to compensate managers than in the for-profit sector. This paper investigates the determinants of executive compensation of leaders of American labor unions.
  5. Using Statistical Research to Change Compensation Strategy a Using Statistical Research to Change Compensation Strategy a
    June 07 | WorldatWork
    Frank H. Wagner, CCP, Director, Compensation, Google, and Monica Patel Davis, Sr. Compensation Manager, Base, Bonus and Recognition, Google, discuss the compensation strategy changes made as a result of surveying employees for their preferences.
  6. Employee Engagement in Health Care Employee Engagement in Health Care
    June 01 | Conference KeyNotes
    This Conference KeyNotes Webcast series will include video clips and live discussion of sessions delivered at The 2011 Employee Health Care Conference.
  7. Program Perspectives on Defined-Contribution Plan Investment Choices Program Perspectives on Defined-Contribution Plan Investment Choices
    June 01 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Program Perspectives on Defined-Contribution Plan Investment Choices presents BLS data on commonly found investment options in savings and thrift (e.g. 401(k)) retirement plans for private industry workers. Highlighted data includes available investment choices for employee and employer contributions.
  8. What About the Rest of Us? What About the Rest of Us?
    June 01 | The Conference Board Review
    Beyond CEO pay. (Check out the current issue and more at www.tcbreview.com.)

May 2011

  1. Health Costs to Rise 8.5% in 2012 Health Costs to Rise 8.5% in 2012
    May 20 | CFO
    Pent-up demand for health services and consolidation among doctors and hospitals are among the factors exerting upward pressure on costs.
  2. Employee Health Care: High Deductible Health Plans and Onsite Wellness Solutions Employee Health Care: High Deductible Health Plans and Onsite Wellness Solutions
    May 11 | Conference KeyNotes
    This Conference KeyNotes Webcast series will include video clips and live discussion of sessions delivered at The 2011 Employee Health Care Conference.
  3. Wooing the Next Generation of Indian Academics Wooing the Next Generation of Indian Academics
    May 05 | Knowledge @ Wharton
    Can campuses be cloned? That's a question the Indian higher education community is grappling with as the government opens up additional locations of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs).

April 2011

  1. HR in Asia: Priorities in Compensation and Benefits HR in Asia: Priorities in Compensation and Benefits
    April 22 | Council Perspectives
    Global, standardized compensation and benefit programs help companies achieve consistency and convenience. But companies must strike a balance by delivering programs that are also responsive to the varying needs of their far-flung business units.
  2. The Best of Executive Coaching The Best of Executive Coaching
    April 20 | Recordings/DVDs
    Presentation Highlights and Excerpts from "The Learning From Legends Seminars"
  3. The Best of Executive Coaching 2 The Best of Executive Coaching 2
    April 20 | Recordings/DVDs
    Presentation Highlights and Excerpts from "The Learning From Legends Seminars"
  4. Program Perspectives on High Deductible Health Plans Program Perspectives on High Deductible Health Plans
    April 01 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Program Perspectives on High Deductible Health Plans presents BLS data on high deductible health plans, including participation and comparisons with traditional plans. Health savings accounts, often used in combination with high deductible health plans, are also highlighted in this issue.

March 2011

  1. Program Perspectives on Defined Contribution Plans Program Perspectives on Defined Contribution Plans
    March 01 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Program Perspectives on Defined Contribution Plans highlights six types of defined contribution plans, providing BLS data on participation by type of plan and method of contribution.

February 2011

  1. The Executive Compensation Controversy: A Transatlantic The Executive Compensation Controversy: A Transatlantic
    February 13 | Cornell University - ICS
    The recent financial crisis has created a public uproar over top-executive pay packages and has led to calls for reform of executive pay in Europe and the United States. The current controversy is not the first – nor will it be the last – time that executive compensation has sparked outrage and led to regulation on both sides of the Atlantic.
  2. Executive Compensation: What Shareholders Really Want Executive Compensation: What Shareholders Really Want
    February 11 | Conference KeyNotes
    This Conference KeyNotes Webcast contains video clips and discussion of the presentations: What Shareholders Really Want from Compensation Committees and Look Before You Leap: Learnings from the Last Round of Proxy Filings
  3. Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance in China Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance in China
    February 01 | Cornell University - ICS
    We investigate executive compensation and corporate governance in China’s publicly traded firms. We also compare executive pay in China to the USA. Consistent with agency theory, we find that executive compensation is positively correlated to firm performance. The study shows that executive pay and CEO incentives are lower in State controlled firms and firms with concentrated ownership structures.
  4. Program Perspectives on Sick Leave and Disability Benefit Combinations Program Perspectives on Sick Leave and Disability Benefit Combinations
    February 01 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Program Perspectives on Sick Leave and Disability Benefit Combinations presents BLS data on sick leave and disability benefit combinations. Benefits often work in tandem, so combinations show the full level of coverage that an employee receives.

January 2011

  1. Total Reward: Compensation, Benefits and Beyond (Part 2) Total Reward: Compensation, Benefits and Beyond (Part 2)
    January 18 | KnowlEdge Series
    Companies are talking about Total Reward as a program to retain and motivate employees but what does it actually mean and how are companies using it?
  2. Total Reward: Compensation, Benefits and Beyond (Part 1) Total Reward: Compensation, Benefits and Beyond (Part 1)
    January 11 | KnowlEdge Series
    Companies are talking about Total Reward as a program to retain and motivate employees but what does it actually mean and how are companies using it?
  3. Program Perspectives on State and Local Government Benefits Program Perspectives on State and Local Government Benefits
    January 01 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Program Perspectives on State and Local Government Benefits presents BLS data on State and local government benefits, including access data on retirement, health care, and paid leave by government sector.
  4. Wages or Fringes? Some Evidence on Trade-offs and Sorting Wages or Fringes? Some Evidence on Trade-offs and Sorting
    January 01 | Cornell University - ICS
    The two key predictions of hedonic wage theory are that there is a trade-off between wages and nonmonetary rewards and that the latter can be used as a sorting device by firms to attract and retain the kind of employees they desire.

December 2010

  1. Keeping Up with CEO Jones: Benchmarking and Executive Compen Keeping Up with CEO Jones: Benchmarking and Executive Compen
    December 01 | Cornell University - ICS
    This paper seeks to understand the role that peer comparisons play in the determination of executive compensation. I exploit a recent change in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s regulations that requires firms to disclose the peer companies used for determining the compensation of their top executives.
  2. Program Perspectives on Life and Disability Insurance Benefits Program Perspectives on Life and Disability Insurance Benefits
    December 01 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Program Perspectives on Life and Disability Insurance Benefits presents BLS data on life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability plans, including access and participation rates for private industry and state and local government workers.

November 2010

  1. The 2010 U.S. Top Executive Compensation Report The 2010 U.S. Top Executive Compensation Report
    November 16 | Key Findings
    This report examines salary, total cash compensation, total compensation, and the mix of compensation elements for the CEO and the five highest-paid executives for specific revenue and industry groups.
  2. The 2010 U.S. Top Executive Compensation Report The 2010 U.S. Top Executive Compensation Report
    November 16 | Research Report
    This report examines salary, total cash compensation, total compensation, and the mix of compensation elements for the CEO and the five highest-paid executives for specific revenue and industry groups.
  3. Program Perspectives on Defined Contribution Plans Program Perspectives on Defined Contribution Plans
    November 01 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Program Perspectives on Defined Contribution Plans (PDF) presents BLS data on defined contribution retirement plans, including access and participation rates for private industry and state and local government workers.

October 2010

  1. Immigrant Heterogeneity and the Earnings Distribution in the Immigrant Heterogeneity and the Earnings Distribution in the
    October 17 | Cornell University - ICS
    In this paper we use a relatively new panel data quantile regression technique to examine native-immigrant earnings differentials 1) throughout the conditional wage distribution, and 2) controlling for individual heterogeneity.

August 2010

  1. Goals and Incentives for a New Day Goals and Incentives for a New Day
    August 17 | Executive Action Report
    With resources scarce and the future uncertain, small and midsize companies are taking advantage of the business lull in 2010 to reset their goals and incentive-reward systems.

July 2010

  1. Setting Strategy for Pensions in the U.S. — Tough Choices and No Easy Answers Setting Strategy for Pensions in the U.S. — Tough Choices and No Easy Answers
    July 22 | Executive Action Report
    This report, based on discussions at The Conference Board Retirement Roundtable “Sharing Responsibility for Assuring Long-Term Retirement Security” looks at the factors influencing benefit decisions, examines the challenge of making individual responsibil
  2. U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2011 U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2011
    July 13 | Research Report
    U.S. salary increase budgets remain historically low—for the second straight year the median increase is 2.5 percent.
  3. Agency and Compensation: Evidence from the Hotel Industry Agency and Compensation: Evidence from the Hotel Industry
    July 01 | Cornell University - ICS
    We examine the relationship between employee supervision and compensation by taking advantage of the structure of the hotel industry, in which many chains have both company managed and franchised properties.
  4. Program Perspectives on Combined Benefit Plans Program Perspectives on Combined Benefit Plans
    July 01 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Program Perspectives on Combined Benefit Plans New data series highlights employee access to medical care and retirement benefits.

June 2010

  1. Employers Grapple with Reform and the Costs of Unhealthy Emp Employers Grapple with Reform and the Costs of Unhealthy Emp
    June 17 | Knowledge @ Wharton
    Now that sweeping health care reform has been signed into law, eventually providing health care to 32 million uninsured Americans, the fun begins for companies trying to fine-tune their employer-sponsored health programs.

April 2010

  1. Don't Look Back Don't Look Back
    April 01 | The Conference Board Review
    Are CEOs worldwide closing the pay gap with their American counterparts? (Check out the current issue and more at www.tcbreview.com.)
  2. Program Perspectives on Frozen Defined–Benefit Plans Program Perspectives on Frozen Defined–Benefit Plans
    April 01 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Program Perspectives on Frozen Defined-Benefit Plans presents BLS data on the frequency, accrual of benefits, and alternatives to frozen defined-benefit plans as well as the length of time since the plans were frozen.

March 2010

  1. Program Perspectives on Paid Sick Leave Program Perspectives on Paid Sick Leave
    March 01 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Program Perspectives on Paid Sick Leave presents BLS data on paid sick leave, including access rates, number of days provided per year, and the cost to the employer.

February 2010

  1. Program Perspectives on Benefits by Wage Level Program Perspectives on Benefits by Wage Level
    February 01 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Program Perspectives on Benefits by Wage Level presents BLS data on benefits by wage level for several benefits including retirement, health, life insurance, holidays, and vacations.

January 2010

  1. U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2010—Winter Update U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2010—Winter Update
    January 28 | Research Report
    Revised projections for U.S. Salary increase budgets in 2010 have dipped below 3 percent for the first time in more than two decades, barely staying ahead of The Conference Board’s forecasted inflation rate.

December 2009

  1. The 2009 Top Executive Compensation Report The 2009 Top Executive Compensation Report
    December 23 | Key Findings
    This report examines salary, total cash compensation, total compensation, and the mix of compensation elements for the CEO and the five highest-paid executives for specific revenue and industry groups.
  2. The 2009 Top Executive Compensation Report The 2009 Top Executive Compensation Report
    December 23 | Research Report
    This report examines salary, total cash compensation, total compensation, and the mix of compensation elements for the CEO and the five highest-paid executives for specific revenue and industry groups.
  3. Compensation Consultants and Executive Pay (CRI 2009-010) Compensation Consultants and Executive Pay (CRI 2009-010)
    December 05 | Cornell University - ICS
    This chapter provides a review of the recent literature on compensation consultants and executive pay. Six major pay consulting firms dominate the market.
  4. The Relative Effects of Merit Pay, Bonuses, and Long-Term In The Relative Effects of Merit Pay, Bonuses, and Long-Term In
    December 05 | Cornell University - ICS
    Extant compensation literature has indicated that pay-for-performance can influence employee performance. There is little research, however, that differentiates the effects of certain forms of pay-for-performance plans on future performance.

September 2009

  1. Executive Compensation in American Unions (CRI 2009-007) Executive Compensation in American Unions (CRI 2009-007)
    September 08 | Cornell University - ICS
    Studying compensation in the nonprofit sector is difficult. In nonprofit organizations, it is not always clear what the objectives of the organization are and, therefore, perhaps even more difficult to consider how to compensate managers than in the for-profit sector.
  2. Standard Promotion Practices versus Up-or-Out Contracts (CRI Standard Promotion Practices versus Up-or-Out Contracts (CRI
    September 01 | Cornell University - ICS
    In most firms a worker in any period is either promoted, left in the same job, or fired (demotions are typically rare), and there is no specific date by which a promotion needs to occur. In other employment situations, however, up-or-out contracts are common, i.e., if a worker is not promoted by a certain date the worker must leave the firm.

August 2009

  1. Performance Pay and the White-Black Wage Gap Performance Pay and the White-Black Wage Gap
    August 01 | Cornell University - ICS
    We show that the reported tendency for performance pay to be associated with greater wage inequality at the top of the earnings distribution applies only to white workers. This results in the white-black wage differential among those in performance pay jobs growing over the earnings distribution even as the same differential shrinks over the distribution for those not in performance pay jobs.

July 2009

  1. Relieving Pressures to Eliminate Jobs Relieving Pressures to Eliminate Jobs
    July 15 | Executive Action Report
    Smaller companies are finding ways to "redeploy" employees rather than lay them off. Three models for surviving recessions without losing your investment in human capital.

June 2009

  1. Just Rewards Just Rewards
    June 01 | The Conference Board Review
    Let’s get CEO pay right this time. (Check out the current issue and more at www.tcbreview.com.)

April 2009

  1. Are U.S. CEOs Paid More than U.K. CEOs? Inferences from Risk Are U.S. CEOs Paid More than U.K. CEOs? Inferences from Risk
    April 06 | Cornell University - ICS
    We compute and compare risk-adjusted pay for US and UK CEOs, where the adjustment is based on estimated risk premiums stemming from the equity incentives borne by CEOs. Controlling for firm and industry characteristics, we find that US CEOs have higher pay, but also bear much higher stock and option incentives than UK CEOs.

March 2009

  1. Program Perspectives on Retirement Benefits Program Perspectives on Retirement Benefits
    March 01 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Program Perspectives on Retirement Benefits presents BLS data on retirement benefits received by workers. The latest data on participation in defined-contribution and defined-benefit plans are included, as well as information on employer costs per hour for such plans. This is the third issue of "Program Perspectives," a new publication in which BLS programs showcase their latest data.

February 2009

  1. Program Perspectives on Paid-Leave Benefits Program Perspectives on Paid-Leave Benefits
    February 01 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Program Perspectives on Paid-Leave Benefits presents BLS data on paid-leave benefits received by workers, such as holidays, vacations, and personal leave. This is the second issue of "Program Perspectives," a new publication in which BLS programs showcase their latest data.

December 2008

  1. Top Executive Compensation in 2008 Top Executive Compensation in 2008
    December 23 | Research Report
    This annual report provides and analyzes compensation data for the top five executives as reported in proxy tables based on the new SEC requirements of 2008.
  2. Top Executive Compensation in 2008 - Key Findings Top Executive Compensation in 2008 - Key Findings
    December 23 | Key Findings
    This piece summarizes the Top Executive Compensation Report - an annual report which provides and analyzes compensation data for the top five executives as reported in proxy tables based on the new SEC requirements of 2008.
  3. Salary Increase Budgets 2009: Financial Crisis Edition Salary Increase Budgets 2009: Financial Crisis Edition
    December 16 | Executive Action Report
    The continuing negative economic growth forecasted well into 2009 is having an impact on compensation decisions in real-time.
  4. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2008 Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2008
    December 09 | Key Findings
    This annual report analyzes board structure and director compensation information regarding U.S-based public companies.
  5. Directors’ Compensation and Board Practices in 2008 Directors’ Compensation and Board Practices in 2008
    December 09 | Research Report
    This annual report analyzes board structure and director compensation information regarding U.S-based public companies.
  6. The Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Overseeing Risk Management and Executive Compensation The Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Overseeing Risk Management and Executive Compensation
    December 04 | Executive Action Report
    This report highlights "pressure points" for boards to consider, including practical actions that can be followed to help ensure directors fully meet their fiduciary responsibilities toward shareholders.

November 2008

  1. CEO Turnover and Firm Performance in China’s Listed Firms CEO Turnover and Firm Performance in China’s Listed Firms
    November 05 | Cornell University - ICS
    This study investigates the relation between CEO turnover and firm performance in China’s listed firms. The study examines how the sensitivity of CEO turnover to firm performance is moderated by the private control of firms, the presence of a majority shareholder and the presence of independent directors on the board.

October 2008

  1. Program Perspectives on Health Benefits Program Perspectives on Health Benefits
    October 01 | Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Program Perspectives on Health Benefits shows you trends in employer costs for health benefits. The latest data on access, participation, and premiums are also included. This is the inaugural issue of "Program Perspectives," a new publication in which BLS programs showcase their latest data.

September 2008

  1. Linking employee benefits to talent management Linking employee benefits to talent management
    September 01 | McKinsey Quarterly
    Most companies treat benefits as a cost of doing business. They should see them instead as a competitive weapon.

August 2008

  1. Executive Compensation and CEO Equity Incentives in China’s Executive Compensation and CEO Equity Incentives in China’s
    August 31 | Cornell University - ICS
    This study investigates the economic, ownership and governance determinants of executive compensation and CEO equity incentives in China’s listed firms. Consistent with the agency theory, we find that executive compensation is positively correlated with firm size, performance, and growth opportunities.
  2. The 2008 Executive Coaching Fee Survey The 2008 Executive Coaching Fee Survey
    August 07 | Research Report
    This report offers an analysis of the rates organizations pay for executive coaching services.

July 2008

  1. CEO Pay-for-Performance Heterogeneity Using Quantile Regress CEO Pay-for-Performance Heterogeneity Using Quantile Regress
    July 29 | Cornell University - ICS
    We provide some examples of how quantile regression can be used to investigate heterogeneity in pay–firm size and pay-performance relationships for U.S. CEOs.

June 2008

  1. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2007 Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2007
    June 12 | Research Report
    This annual report reflects the changes in director compensation reporting required by the new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules of 2006.

April 2008

  1. The 2007 Top Executive Compensation Report The 2007 Top Executive Compensation Report
    April 04 | Research Report
    This annual report provides and analyzes compensation data for the top five executives as reported in proxy tables based on the new SEC requirements of 2006.

January 2008

  1. Can Continuing Changes in Pension Management Provide a Secure Retirement? Can Continuing Changes in Pension Management Provide a Secure Retirement?
    January 29 | Executive Action Report
    With 77 million baby boomers headed for retirement, it's no surprise that nearly every facet of pension plan structure and financial management is being reevaluated.
  2. Compensation & Benefits: A Global View Compensation & Benefits: A Global View
    January 24 | Executive Action Report
    What are the most effective strategies for recruiting and retaining high-performing talent when it's a sellers' market, virtually anywhere in the world?
  3. The 2007 Report on Top Executive Compensation—Key Findings The 2007 Report on Top Executive Compensation—Key Findings
    January 24 | PowerPoint
    The Conference Board 2007 Report on Top Executive Compensation—Key Findings indicates that CEOs of the largest companies hold a substantial amount of company stock.
  4. Compensation & Benefits: A Global View Compensation & Benefits: A Global View
    January 01 | Council Perspectives
    What are the most effective strategies for recruiting and retaining high-performing talent when it’s a sellers’ market, virtually anywhere in the world?

December 2007

  1. The 2007 Report on Top Executive Compensation—Key Findings The 2007 Report on Top Executive Compensation—Key Findings
    December 31 | Executive Action Report
    The Conference Board 2007 Report on Top Executive Compensation—Key Findings indicates that CEOs of the largest companies hold a substantial amount of company stock.

March 2007

  1. Consumer-Driven Healthcare:<br /> Current Practices, Future Upgrades Consumer-Driven Healthcare:
    Current Practices, Future Upgrades
    March 23 | Research Report
    Based on presentations at The Conference Board Consumer-Driven Healthcare Working Group, a review of existing literature, and interviews with employers and health plans, this report summarizes what is currently known about consumer-driven healthcare.

January 2007

  1. Designing the High-Performance Compensation Plan That Works Designing the High-Performance Compensation Plan That Works
    January 04 | Executive Action Report
    The latest article of the Mid-Market Trends series shows how smaller and midsize companies are revising their incentive plans, extending them to more employees, and attempting to tie them more closely to strategic objectives.

October 2006

  1. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2006 Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2006
    October 19 | Research Report
    This annual report provides information on the amount and type of compensation paid outside directors in 2006 in 402 companies in three major industry sectors.
  2. The 2006 Top Executive Compensation Report The 2006 Top Executive Compensation Report
    October 19 | Research Report
    This annual report provides an analysis of the compensation of the five highest-paid executives in 3,075 publicly traded firms in 14 major industry categories in 2005.
  3. Competitive Advantage of “Low-Wage” Countries Often Exaggerated Competitive Advantage of “Low-Wage” Countries Often Exaggerated
    October 02 | Executive Action Report
    When adjusting wages for productivity, the cost advantage to companies of "low-wage" countries and regions such as China, India, Mexico, or Central and Eastern Europe over North America and Western Europe is smaller than you think.

August 2006

  1. Compensation to executives on both sides of the Atlantic Compensation to executives on both sides of the Atlantic
    August 09 | Knowledge @ Wharton
    “No topic in the history of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has generated so much interest” as the new norms approved by that regulatory agency regarding managerial salaries, asserts Christopher Cox, president of the SEC.

July 2006

  1. Can This Man Fix Our Healthcare System? Can This Man Fix Our Healthcare System?
    July 01 | Across the Board
    Strategy guru Michael Porter tackles health care. (Check out the current issue and more at www.tcbreview.com.)

June 2006

  1. Salary Budgets Holding Steady Salary Budgets Holding Steady
    June 21 | Executive Action Report
    A survey of HR executives of 441 companies reveals pay increases for most salaried workers will average only 3.5 percent this year and stay at that level through 2007.
  2. The 2005 Corporate Contributions Report The 2005 Corporate Contributions Report
    June 21 | PowerPoint
    An analysis of the giving patterns of 189 major corporations in 2004.

April 2006

  1. Cutting Healthcare Costs: Options for Mid-Market Firms Cutting Healthcare Costs: Options for Mid-Market Firms
    April 25 | Research Report
    This report explores some new healthcare cost cutting options through the experiences of five mid-market companies.

February 2006

  1. What's in a Day's Pay? SEC Proposes New Rules for Disclosing Executive Compensation What's in a Day's Pay? SEC Proposes New Rules for Disclosing Executive Compensation
    February 23 | Executive Action Report
    Proxy statements will include more information — and more transparency. The impact on executive pay, companies and stockholders is less certain.

September 2005

  1. Executive Compensation Consulting: A Research Working Group Report on Best Practices Executive Compensation Consulting: A Research Working Group Report on Best Practices
    September 19 | Research Report
    This report presents a set of best practices developed by The Working Group on Executive Compensation Consulting to guide corporate managements and compensation committees in their use of executive compensation consultants.
  2. The Revolution That Never Was The Revolution That Never Was
    September 05 | Across the Board
    CEOs are making more than ever, while their employees' real wages are falling. Why is no one leaping to the barricades? (Check out the current issue and more at www.tcbreview.com.)

May 2005

  1. Salary Increase Budgets 2005-2006: With Recovery Leveling Off, Mood Remains Cautious Salary Increase Budgets 2005-2006: With Recovery Leveling Off, Mood Remains Cautious
    May 25 | Executive Action Report
    Caution continues to be the prevailing mood when it comes to salary budgets, with continued attention paid to controlling costs. This is the third year in a row that median increases have fallen significantly below 4 percent.
  2. Consumer-Driven Healthcare: Cost Shift or Paradigm Shift? Consumer-Driven Healthcare: Cost Shift or Paradigm Shift?
    May 04 | Executive Action Report
    Consumer-driven health plans are the latest trend being presented as a promising solution to rising healthcare costs. This topic was discussed during The 2005 Employee Healthcare Conference held by The Conference Board in February and March.

April 2005

  1. The Business Value of Leadership Development The Business Value of Leadership Development
    April 04 | Research Report
    Through analysis and executive interviews with domestic and global companies, this report sheds light on key development issues facing leadership executives.

March 2005

  1. Out of Control? with Blame the Board of Directors Out of Control? with Blame the Board of Directors
    March 01 | Across the Board
    Lucian Bebchuk argues that executive pay is often not linked to performance; other compensation experts respond. (Check out the current issue and more at www.tcbreview.com.)

January 2005

  1. Are You Worth It? Are You Worth It?
    January 01 | Across the Board
    Compensation consultant E. Webb Bassick argues that the market for top executives keeps CEO compensation where it should be. (Check out the current issue and more at www.tcbreview.com.)

October 2004

  1. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2004 Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2004
    October 15 | PowerPoint
    This annual report provides information on the amount and type of compensation paid outside directors in 2004 in 510 companies in three major industry sectors.
  2. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2004 Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2004
    October 13 | Executive Summary
    This annual report provides information on the amount and type of compensation paid outside directors in 2004 in 510 companies in three major industry sectors.
  3. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2004 Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2004
    October 13 | Research Report
    This annual report provides information on the amount and type of compensation paid outside directors in 2004 in 510 companies in three major industry sectors.
  4. The 2004 Top Executive Compensation Report The 2004 Top Executive Compensation Report
    October 12 | Executive Summary
    This annual report provides an overview of the practices of 2,896 publicly traded companies in 14 major industry categories.
  5. The 2004 Top Executive Compensation Report The 2004 Top Executive Compensation Report
    October 12 | Research Report
    This annual report provides an overview of the practices of 2,896 publicly traded companies in 14 major industry categories.

June 2004

  1. Salary Increase Budgets 2004-2005: Despite Recovery, Mood Remains Cautious Salary Increase Budgets 2004-2005: Despite Recovery, Mood Remains Cautious
    June 21 | Executive Action Report
    For a second straight year, median salary increases have dropped well below four percent even though U.S. business is rebounding.

March 2004

  1. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2003 Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2003
    March 01 | PowerPoint
    This report, based on a survey of more than 606 manufacturing, financial, and service companies, presents the amount and type of compensation paid to outside directors in 2003.

November 2003

  1. Top Executive Compensation in 2002 Top Executive Compensation in 2002
    November 25 | Executive Summary
    This annual report details the average 2002 compensation of the five highest-paid executives in 2,877 companies in 14 major industry sectors.
  2. Top Executive Compensation in 2002 Top Executive Compensation in 2002
    November 25 | Research Report
    This annual report details the average 2002 compensation of the five highest-paid executives in 2,877 companies in 14 major industry sectors.
  3. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2003 Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2003
    November 06 | Executive Summary
    This report, based on a survey of more than 606 manufacturing, financial, and service companies, presents the amount and type of compensation paid to outside directors in 2003.
  4. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2003 Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2003
    November 06 | Research Report
    This report, based on a survey of more than 606 manufacturing, financial, and service companies, presents the amount and type of compensation paid to outside directors in 2003.

July 2003

  1. Salary Increase Budgets 2003-2004: Business Remains in a Cautious Mood Salary Increase Budgets 2003-2004: Business Remains in a Cautious Mood
    July 01 | Executive Action Report
    With companies paying careful attention to controlling costs, median increases have moved significantly below 4 percent for the first time in a decade.

December 2002

  1. Compensation Plans in Curious Times: Salary Increase Budgets Being Reduced Compensation Plans in Curious Times: Salary Increase Budgets Being Reduced
    December 10 | Executive Action Report
    Most respondents to a Conference Board survey say their current 2003 salary increase budgets are now lower for most employee classes than originally planned.

November 2002

  1. Top Executive Compensation in 2001 Top Executive Compensation in 2001
    November 12 | Executive Summary
    This annual report details the average 2001 compensation of the five highest-paid executives in 2,841 companies in 14 major industry sectors.
  2. Top Executive Compensation in 2001 Top Executive Compensation in 2001
    November 12 | Research Report
    This annual report details the average 2001 compensation of the five highest-paid executives in 2,841 companies in 14 major industry sectors.

September 2002

  1. Emphasis on Developing Leaders: Despite Hard Times Companies View Leadership Development as a Priority Emphasis on Developing Leaders: Despite Hard Times Companies View Leadership Development as a Priority
    September 25 | Executive Action Report
    Even during corporate belt-tightening leadership development is a necessity, not a luxury.

June 2002

  1. Salary Increase Budgets Salary Increase Budgets
    June 24 | Executive Action Report
    2002 increases fell in many industries; a rebound is projected for 2003.

November 2001

  1. Compensation in a Changed Economy Compensation in a Changed Economy
    November 07 | Executive Action Report
    A survey of HR council members looks at the effects of the economic downturn and September 11 on companies' 2002 compensation plans.

October 2001

  1. The Compensation Committee Of The Board: Best Practices For Establishing Executive Compensation The Compensation Committee Of The Board: Best Practices For Establishing Executive Compensation
    October 26 | Research Report
    This study examines best practice processes used by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors in designing executive compensation programs.

July 1998

  1. Returning to Consumer-Based Healthcare Returning to Consumer-Based Healthcare
    July 21 | Research Report
    Is there a major organization that doesn't have healthcare concerns? Look to this report for a view of things to come.

April 1996

  1. Executive Annual Incentive Plans Executive Annual Incentive Plans
    April 04 | Research Report
    Detailed analysis of incentive payments by industry sector and position.
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