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Beyond Equity: Strategies to Retain Top Life Sciences Talent
How companies in a highly volatile market can focus on mission, culture, and the overall employee experience to boost retention.
Navigating Dodd-Frank Disclosure Requirements if You’re a Smaller Reporting Company or Emerging Growth Company
What to know about pay vs. performance and other disclosure rules if your company is an SRC or an EGC.
Pay Versus Performance is Here: What Compensation Committees Must Do Now
How companies can take immediate action to collect the information and create the narratives around this data-heavy requirement.
Salary Compression Driven by Tight Labor Market and Higher Starting Pay
Data from Pearl Meyer show increasing rates paid to college graduates and unique methods companies are deploying to combat salary compression.
Small Steps to Mitigate Risk and Create Resilience in Executive Compensation Goals
Numerous emerging issues raise the stakes for executive performance, potentially contributing to more hits and misses in incentive plan targets.
Pay vs. Performance: What Do Public Company Directors Need to Know?
Management may bear the heavy burden when it comes to the new disclosure, but there are key points boards must understand and discuss this fall.
What Growth-Stage Biotech and Pharma Companies Need to Know About the PvP Rules
While the rules are clear on what needs to be done to comply with pay vs. performance disclosure, there are unique challenges for biotech and pharma.
A Fresh Look at the Much Debated “Last-Minute” Excise Tax Gross-Up
Providing an excise tax gross-up is sensitive for boards, given its poor reputation. Here is data providing a clear picture of the practice.
Overseeing Executive Compensation and Leadership Development Should Be the Role of the Compensation Committee
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A siloed approach to executive pay, business strategy, and leadership development may hinder long-term value creation.
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