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With only a few days until the official start of vacation season, money, anxiety and guilt are causing some workers to scrap their vacation plans. More than a third (35 percent) of workers say they haven’t gone on or aren’t planning to t... More...

Last December, as the recession was beginning to deepen, Littler published an Insight, Furloughs and Reduced Hours: Cost-Cutting Strategies Other Than Layoffs, discussing several alternatives to layoffs, particularly mandatory furloughs of exempt emp... More...

The move to online tax filing continues to grow each year. And once consumers convert to online filing, they don’t turn back, reports The Conference Board and TNS. About 40 percent of online households are planning to file their federal taxe... More...

The current economic climate can tempt HR professionals to curtail some standard compensation management processes in search of a silver lining. For example, many may opt not to expend the energy involved in making compensation adjustments. What&rsqu... More...

Co-authored by Claire Wyckoff and Nat Stoddard When Bob Nardelli was ousted as CEO, it cost Home Depot $210 million. Pfizer gave Hank McKinnell a $123 million package, Gary Forsee received $40 million from Sprint, Carly Fiorino, $23 million from H... More...

It’s Not Just the Financial Crisis While the world awoke to the financial crisis in September and October of 2008, those in touch with the U.S. employment situation have been watching a recession-level labor market contraction for months. The U... More...

Neil I. Moldafsky, Ph.D. 13290 Tall Pine Court Saint Louis, MO Cell: 314-422-5979 63017 USA Home: 314-579-1912 email: nmoldafs@swbell.net ORACLE INCENTIVE COMPENSATION SENIOR CONSULTANT Strategy Development; Functional Consulting; Proje... More...

The Conference Board Employment Trends Index (ETI)™ continued its steep decline in October. The index fell in October to 105.3, down 1.8 percent from the September revised figure of 107.2, and down almost 12 percent from a year ago. “T... More...

Excerpted from Maine Employment Law Letter written by attorneys at the law firm of Murray, Plumb & Murray It's hard to believe it's been 16 years since the phrase "It's the economy, stupid" became part of the American vocabulary. It'... More...

CEO’s who are walking away from the Wall Street meltdown are being rewarded with million-dollar compensation packages while the American taxpayer shoulders the financial responsibility of protecting companies, workers, and the U.S. economy itse... More...

The number of employees on international assignments has doubled over the last three years as part of the continuing trends towards globalisation, according to a survey conducted by Mercer. Mercer's 2008/2009 Benefits Survey for Expatriates and ... More...

The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (the "Act"), signed into law by President Bush on October 3, 2008, contains several provisions affecting executive compensation. Ambiguities in the Act, however, create questions as to the scope of the... More...

Excerpted from Arkansas Employment Law Letter written by attorneys at the law firm of Jack Nelson Jones Fink Jiles & Gregory, P.A. Q: The continuing increase in gas prices has caused me some concern lately because I often have to send my ... More...

California, which nurtured Silicon Valley into a global phenomenon, has finally acted to stem the off-shoring of computer jobs by simplifying and reducing the compensation requirement for overtime-exempt computer professionals. The new legislation, c... More...

Institutional investors have, once again, topped their previous record ownership levels in the largest 1,000 U.S. corporations, The Conference Board reports in the latest edition of its Institutional Investment Report. Data on institutional invest... More...

As the country continues to deal with the current economic slowdown, workers are stretching their paychecks more than ever. Nearly half of workers (47 percent) say they always or usually live paycheck to paycheck just to make ends meet, up from 43 p... More...

In the face of a slowing US economy and weakening corporate performance, corporate director pay has continued to increase, according to a study released by Mercer and based upon recent proxy filings. The turbulent economy has apparently had little... More...

Recent foreign exchange fluctuations - most notably the rapid decline of the US dollar - affect all elements of compensation, and consequently the attraction and retention of key employees. However, most multinational organizations have not implement... More...

In the face of a slowing US economy and weakening corporate performance, CEO total direct compensation among many large companies is declining, as boards have heard the message that pay has to be linked to performance. That is the conclusion of Merce... More...

A recent "Mercer Global Business Challenges Survey cited globalization of operations as a key business priority, along with continuously improving processes, controlling costs, and managing risk. Indeed, strategic human resources (HR) functions (i.e... More...

Excerpted from Tennessee Employment Law Letter and written by attorneys at the law firms of Miller & Martin Wage and hour compliance issues are probably the single greatest source of worry (and sleepless nights) for employers, at least those who ... More...

Although multinational organizations are striving to globalize their compensation practices, less than half have predominantly global programs, according to Mercer's Global Compensation Strategy and Administration Survey. Just 45 percent of participa... More...

A recent survey suggests that successfully wooing job candidates takes more than salary alone. While 31 per cent of chief financial officers (CFOs) interviewed said offering higher compensation than competitors is the most effective incentive for att... More...

The recent downturn in global stock markets has left the largest pension plans in the US up to $110 billion worse off compared to their position as of December 31, 2007, according to actuaries at Mercer. Mercer estimates that many of these pension pl... More...

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Thirty-Five Percent of Workers Aren’t Planning to Take a Vacation This Year

New Guidance on Cost-Cutting Strategies Other than Layoffs

Online Tax Filing Continues to Grow

Compensation Management During the Economic Crunch: Five Tips to Make Your Processes More Efficient

Playing By the Numbers—Reducing the Costs of Leadership Failure

Playing By the Numbers—Reducing the Costs of Leadership Failure

Salary Increase Budgets 2009: Financial Crisis Edition

Oracle Incentive Compensation

Employers Will Continue to Aggressively Reduce Payrolls Well Into 2009

Ways For Workers And Businesses to Save Money by Cutting Gas and Energy Use

Myopia on Wall Street and Congress - And The CEO Compensation Pay Puzzle

Expatriate Employee Numbers Double as Companies See Increased Value in Expatriate Assignments

The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 Extensively Regulates Executive Compensation

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AB 10 Revises the Overtime Pay Exemption for Some California Computer Software Engineers

U.S. Institutional Investors Boost Ownership of U.S. Corporations to New Highs

Nearly Half of Workers Living Paycheck to Paycheck

Mercer Study Shows Growth in US Director Compensation Has Been Unaffected by Economic Slowdown

Employers Grapple With Impact of Weakening Dollar on Global Compensation Programs

Mercer Issues Study of US CEO Compensation Trends

Stepping Outside the Box: A New Paradigm for Managing and Administering Global Compensation

Wage and Hour Compliance Essentials

More Multinational Organizations Taking Global Approach to Compensation

Salary Remains Top Draw for Job Candidates but Benefits Gaining in Popularity

Equity Market Volatility - Impact on Company Pensions

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