Tough at the top
Tags: SEVERANCE pay; EXECUTIVE compensation; WAGES; EMPLOYEE fringe benefits; COMPENSATION management
Related Articles
- Executive Commentary. Meehan, Robert H. // Academy of Management Executive;Nov93, Vol. 7 Issue 4, p77
The article presents the opinion of the author on severance payments for executives. The author contends that severance should be considered neither good nor bad simply based on its application to executives or regular employees. He asserts that severance payments are most commonly the result of...
- Schedule E Remuneration. Doyle, Declan // Accountancy Ireland;Apr2005, Vol. 37 Issue 2, p40
Presents a brief overview of Schedule E remuneration in Ireland. Analysis of an individual to determine whether he is within charge to Schedule E either as an employee or self-employed; Terms and conditions of the remuneration system; Provisions on termination payments and share options.
- "Top-hat' plans should be reserved for top group. Marathas, Peter // Employee Benefit News;Aug2003, Vol. 17 Issue 10, p11
Discusses issues concerning the administration of top-hat plans and nonqualified deferred compensation plans. Conditions which make such plans exempted from the requirements of the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act; Definitional components of top-hat plans; Questions raised regarding...
- COMPENSATION QUARTERLY. // Employee Benefits Journal;Sep2003, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p76
Presents summaries of several literature reporting on compensation. "Under Pressure, Companies Pare Executive Comp"; "Multitude of Shifts Occurring in Executive Compensation"; "8 Steps to Develop a Balanced Pay System."
- Clinching The Executive Benefits Deal. Hersch, Warren S. // National Underwriter / Life & Health Financial Services;6/27/2005, Vol. 109 Issue 25, p12
Focuses on the essential elements in the successful selling of executive compensation packages. Need to identify and secure access to top people in a firm; Importance of focusing on incentives that will best secure plan objectives; Inclusion of executive compensation money as a share of gross...
- Executive Compensation. Morris, Gregory D. L.; Westervelt, Robert // Chemical Week;8/17/2005, Vol. 167 Issue 27, p18
Details the findings of Chemical Week's annual survey of compensation of executives in the chemical industry in the U.S. as of June 2005. Key factors determining executive compensation; Median salary computation; Conditions which caused an increase in executive salaries; Overview of highest and...
- In Search of Compensation: A Comparison of Executives in Peters and Waterman's Excellent and Fortune's Least Admired Firms. Langbert, Mitchell // Benefits Quarterly;1990 Second Quarter, Vol. 6 Issue 2, p23
This paper compares executive compensation practices in firms with excellent and least admired reputations. In comparison with least admired firms, firms that Peters and Waterman describe as excellent pay executives a premium that can be attributed to the excellent firms' greater use of...
- A Fringe Benefit Primer for the Closely Held C Corporation (Part II). // Benefits Quarterly;2005 Second Quarter, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p68
Reviews the article "A Fringe Benefit Primer for the Closely Held C. Corporastion (Part II)," by Mark P. Altieri, which appeared in the November 2004 issue of "Tax Adviser."
- Doing Nothing Is Not Okay. Maier, Sherry // New Zealand Management;Dec2009, Vol. 56 Issue 11, p17
The author expresses her opinion on the implication of the findings of the 2009 survey of chief executive pay scales in New Zealand conducted by consulting firm Sheffield. She cites the issue of determining the ideal compensation strategy for everyone other than the chief executive officer (CEO)...
