Money isn't everything to today's employees. This book shows companies how to combine traditional compensation with the educational, emotional, and psychological benefits that will attract the best and brightest. It identifies the ten elements--including learning, advancement, emotional rewards, and quality of life--that job seekers rank highest among desired benefits. Then it shows employers how to combine them with monetary benefits to create effective, employee-driven compensation packages.
Executive Compensation Answer Book is the complete source for proven, practical, executive compensation solutions that draws on the authority of the best in the business - Bruce Overton and Susan E. Stoffer. In a straightforward question-and-answer format, this dependable source of guidance shows you how to: Attract and retain top executive talent Create compensation plans that boost profitability, structure incentives for peak performance and strict compliance with regulations Keep up with regulatory, legal, and tax trends Design competitive executive compensation plans Monitor programs to boost the bottom line You get quick, authoritative answers to more than 800 questions on the full range of compensation issues. Executive Compensation Answer Book has been updated to include: Developing rules under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, including updates to compensation advisor independence rules Updated information on ISS and Glass Lewis policies for proxy disclosure voting New IRS guidance under Code Section 162(m)(6) on limits on deductibility of executive compensation for certain companies that are "covered health insurance providers" and other companies within the controlled group A guide to "phantom appreciation rights" plans New model language to simplify document preparation A review of recent trends in executive compensation The addition of the Guidance on Sound Incentive Compensation Policies to the Chapter on Executive Compensation in Banks
"JoAnn Senger has gone out of the box to address fundamental compensation issues too-often ignored in the public and not-for-profit sectors. She peels away the 'second-class citizen' label and provides effective compensation structures that reward top performers." --Jonathan Fraser Light Senior Partner, Nordman, Cormany, Hair & Compton A step-by-step plan to design and manage a compensation system for not-for-profit organizations Written by recognized not-for-profit human resource specialist JoAnn Senger, Designing a Not-For-Profit Compensation System provides a step-by-step method to help human resource professionals design and manage a successful compensation system for any public or not-for-profit organization. When it comes to compensation systems, the not-for-profit sector is rife with complexities, including legislative approval requirements and the board of directors' direct involvement in compensation matters. Addressing these and other unique obstacles, Designing a Not-For-Profit Compensation System: * Defines various types of not-for-profit and public organizations * Identifies current types of compensation structures * Identifies organizational characteristics influencing the usefulness of each structure, including the organization's budgeting and accounting processes and timetables * Covers maintenance for all compensation structures and the interaction among organizational units * Details the usefulness of each compensation structure, including midpoint calculations, rate adjustments, variable pay, and market surveys
In Compensation and Benefit Design, Bashker D. Biswas shows exactly how to bring financial rigor to crucial "people" decisions associated with compensation and benefit program development. This comprehensive book begins by introducing a valuable Human Resource Life Cycle Model for considering compensation and benefit programs. Biswas thoroughly addresses the acquisition component of compensation, as well as issues related to general compensation, equity compensation, and pension accounting. He assesses the full financial impact of executive compensation programs and employee benefit plans, and discusses the unique issues associated with international HR systems and programs. This book contains a full chapter on HR key indicator reporting, and concludes with detailed coverage of trends in human resource accounting, and the deepening linkages between financial and HR planning. Replete with both full and "mini" case examples throughout, this book will be valuable to a wide spectrum of HR and financial professionals, with titles including compensation and benefits analysts, managers, directors, and consultants; HR specialists, accounting specialists, financial analysts, total rewards directors, controller, finance director, benefits actuaries, executive compensation consultants, corporate regulators, and labor attorneys. It also contains chapter-ending exercises and problems for use by students in HR and finance programs.
