Originally posted September 2010 Executive compensation and what is seen as near gluttonous bonus payments during a time when the average American is more likely hurting than not has been a recurring theme in the media. The Institute for Policy Research has completed its 2009 study of CEO pay titled CEO Pay and the Great...
Originally posted December 2014 In their December 4, 2009 article, How much should Goldman pay its CEO? published in Money.com authors Antony Currie and Rob Cox say “Figuring out the right level of pay is hard, though. For starters, while Goldman is on course to earn almost $11 billion this year, it has done so...
Originally posted February 2010 The Saturday, January 23, 2010 Washington Post article “Banks stung by criticism over pay despite recent changes” author Tomoeh Murakami Tse writes: “Wall Street banks thought they had made big concessions to populist anger over large year-end bonuses … But by the end of the week, the firms were facing a...
Originally posted April 2010 Much has already been written and said (often in loud voices and with expletives not deleted – who can forget the “You lie” outburst in the U.S. Senate) about health care reform legislation, but one thing that has gotten very little attention is how insurance companies can most effectively adapt their...
Originally posted February 2010 In the February 2, 2010 article by Joe Bel Bruno (Dow Jones News Wire) in The Wall Street Journal (Lazard Posts 4Q Loss On Compensation Costs) tell us that “Lazard Ltd. reported an unexpected fourth-quarter loss Wednesday, hurt by charges triggered from the death of its former chief executive and a...
Originally posted October 2014 Fixing the wage gap (even for organizations committed to its eradication) is no simple task. Last April the country celebrated (read that word with great sarcasm) “equal pay day”, the day that women had to work to in 2014 to be paid as much as men were paid in 2013. Equal...
Originally posted October 2014 As the economy recovers the unemployment rates drops, albeit slightly, but the real information underneath that declining unemployment isn’t so good for the chronically under-employed. The percentage of part time jobs has increased as full time positions have decreased. And that situation looks like it may be here to stay. Michael...
Originally posted November 2014 The problems of workers finding jobs will be exacerbated by the expansion of cognitive technologies …thinking robots, if you will. Michael Graham looks at how the cozy synergy between increased automation and worker productivity (resulting in increased wages and job opportunities) seem to have derailed, leaving many workers un- and under-employed and the...
Originally posted November 2010 Richard Alonso-Zaldivar’s article, Could overhaul undermine employer health coverage?, for The Associated Press published by MSNBC October 24, 2010 defiantly raises the issue of possible unintended (or maybe even intended) consequences of Heath Care Reform. He writes: “The new health care law wasn't supposed to undercut employer plans that have provided most...
