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Putting in temporary measures due to the unique economic situation is appropriate. However, once things improve, compensation should go back to market driven forces. Keeping the cap in place will drive talent elsewhere. Capping all executive compensation will most certainly dummy down our executive leadership…
The "foreigners" are in worse shape than we are hence I doubt they could steal ALL of the top "talent". Also, not all foreign institutions ascribe to short term incentive based compensation arrangements like we foolishly have….take Japan for instance…their executive pay is a multiple…
I agree with the $500,000 cap on executive pay. These salaries are now essentially being paid by American taxpayers, who in many cases are seeing no direct benefit (i.e. loan, mortgage, or credit relief from banks). Let's not forget…these executives are at companies that have performed so badly, that…
I disagree that executive should be capped anymore than a union autoworker or steelworker's pay should be capped. Let the free market influence such dynamics instead of some socialist belief. If we change one end then everyone including the highly overpaid bankers, lawyers, politicians and union workers…
I do believe that executive compensation has grown beyond where it should be compared to other rank and file employees but I have to wonder what hat the $500,000 mark was pulled out of. In the short time it took to pass this bill was there any thought given to the effect of the cap other than it looked…
I agree that there should be caps on the exec pay when the government is helping in the bail-out situation. If they want more money than they should work for a company that is stable enough not to need assistance from the government. Don't you think that the "HIGH SOCIETY" levels are what's putting this…
I'm not so much in favor of capping executive compensation as much as I am in favor of executive compensation consultants/boards giving honest advice. The head of Merril Lynch said last fall they had to pay huge bonuses or executive talent would leave. Really? How many employed financial investment…
I disagree that there will or may be an exodus of the "best and brightest of our financial geniuses",since few countries pay bonuses at that level.
These greedy executives ran their companies into bankruptcy, begged for a bailout, then squandered our tax dollars on vacations, bonuses, raises and furniture. If the foreign banks want them, let them have them. There are plenty of qualified people out there who will walk into their jobs for $500,000…
Steal the talent? How talented can these executives be if they are driving their companies to financial ruin? Foreign institutions can steal all they want from this talent pool and watch their companies go down the toilet too.
If not a salary cap, how does Mr. Rayner suggest we hold accountable the execs of companies that are using tax payer money to bail them out? Mr. Rayner's argument might have some legitimacy, but does he have a better answer?
How much talent does it take to bring an entire industry down?
I know, I know — there's nothing you'd rather do than bone up on HIPAA. But it remains one of the nation's thorniest benefits-related laws, and the more information the better, yes?
Although employers have maintained recruiting college graduates for full-time hire, companies are beginning to discover that hiring new grads as interns can yield a high return in the form of cheap — ahem, cost effective — labor.
In this economy, free is a word that isn't heard very often, but sure is appreciated. So I knew you'd want to know about the slate of five free forums (say it three times fast) being sponsored by Unum and the Disability Management Employer Coalition.
As another cringe-worthy sign of the times, a new Mercer data on Fortune 1500 companies show pension plan funded status at the end of Jan was unchanged from Dec., indicating funded status of plans sponsored by the largest U.S. companies remained at 75%.
This month, EBN reports that the trillions of dollars lost in national wealth from collapsing companies, lost jobs and homes, failing banks and sliding stock market as a result of the recession is simply too large for Americans to comprehend — yet too large for them to ignore either, according to the…
Congratulations to Robert (or Elizabeth) on starting a blog. Now if only the header was as cool as EBN's …
Innovation breeds innovation around here, and just months after EBN launched the Daily Diversion, my colleagues at Employee Benefit Adviser have launched a blog of their own. Visit benefitsexplained.blogspot.com to check out their updates and video blog posts. I'll be linking to their content and vice…
U.S. House and Senate leaders reached a deal late last week on a $789 economy-recovery package, which includes $21.4 billion for health insurance assistance for laid-off workers. COBRA-eligible workers would receive a 60% subsidy toward their COBRA premiums for nine months.