How the COVID-19 pandemic will ultimately impact director pay is not yet clear, but according to a new survey from executive compensation consultancy Pearl Meyer, at this juncture, more than half (55%) of companies are moving forward with their director pay as planned.

Approximately half of companies have no immediate plans to make any pay adjustments for salaried (48%) or hourly (54%) staff.

The firm has issued a client alert that outlines what is known so far about executive compensation and workforce provisions in the CARES Act, and outstanding questions to be addressed.

The firm has acquired Echelon Compensation Partners, a highly regarded and fast-growing provider of executive and board of director compensation consulting and talent management services to publicly traded mid- and small-cap organizations and privately held firms.

WorldatWork has launched a partnership with Pearl Meyer to give members access to select Pearl Meyer compensation surveys. The information may be accessed through WorldatWork’s Salary Data Center portal.

Report based on data from more than 2000 public proxy filings is released at the National Association of Corporate Directors’ Global Board Leaders’ Summit

Pearl Meyer has published a new survey on compensation communication which indicates 62% of respondents are or expect to be fielding questions from their employees on gender pay equity.

Pearl Meyer today announced the addition of compensation and private equity consultant Paul Hudson to its Los Angeles office as a principal. Hudson will bring more than ten years’ experience advising boards and senior management teams on executive pay program design and governance.

Pearl Meyer announced from WorldatWork’s 2018 Total Rewards Conference the release of three unique, comprehensive surveys that will enable human resources professionals to better understand the current trends in hiring and compensating in-demand segments of the workforce. Each of these periodic reports, updated for 2018, includes detailed information that cannot readily be obtained from other data sources.

Organizations are almost evenly split about whether or not they have or may increase pay and benefits for employees in reaction to the new tax reform law, according to a new survey from executive compensation consultancy Pearl Meyer. More companies are still considering changes compared to those that have already taken action.

Pearl Meyer has released its 2018 Looking Ahead to Executive Pay Practices survey. The data show that more than half of companies (58%) have completed a pro forma calculation of their CEO Pay Ratio, which will be a required disclosure in 2018 proxies. However, 73% of the public company directors and members of management surveyed have not had any board discussions on communicating the information.

Pearl Meyer President and CEO David Swinford and Jannice Koors, senior managing director and the firm’s western region president, have been named to the National Association of Corporate Directors’ (NACD) 2017 Directorship 100, an annual list of influential individuals who exemplify excellence in boardroom leadership.