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Employers paying out executive bonuses can avoid criticism by embracing transparency

bmcgovern — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 13:00:08 +0000

Increased sensitivity around executive bonus compensation is pushing employers to prioritize transparency and communication when explaining why bonuses were awarded. The compensation method has seen increased scrutiny after Catherine Tait, CBC/Radio-Canada’s president and chief executive officer, didn’t rule out the deployment of management bonuses right after the public broadcaster announced last December it was cutting […]

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A quarter of U.S. employers won’t or may not provide raises in 2024: survey

lbailey — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 20:00:21 +0000

Three-quarters (74 per cent) of U.S. employers say they plan to give employees raises in 2024, while 18 per cent are undecided and eight per cent say they won’t offer pay increases, according to a new survey by ResumeBuilder.com. However, the survey, which polled 600 employers, found among respondents planning to give out raises, just […]

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Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs earned 246-times more than average employee in 2022: report

Sadie Janes — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:00:47 +0000

Canada’s 100 highest-paid chief executive officers — who are overwhelmingly male — were paid an average of $14.9 million in 2022, 246-times more than the average employee wage and setting a new record, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. It found in 2022, Canadian employees received an average pay […]

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Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs make 191-times the average worker wage: report

Jennifer Paterson — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 20:00:07 +0000

Canada’s 100 highest-paid chief executive officers from the S&P/TSX composite index recorded their second best year ever for compensation in 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. The report found those 100 CEOs were paid an average of $10.9 million in 2020, which was higher than their […]

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Does block ownership by pension service firms impact corporate governance?

mschmit — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 03:52:33 +0000

Will a company’s expansion of its pension plan increase the likelihood of pension service providers buying up its shares? A new paper, which is set to be published in the Contemporary Accounting Research journal, digs into how a company’s pension fund growth may affect the types of investors it attracts. The paper specifically looks at […]

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Gap between CEO, average worker pay hits record levels: report

mschmit — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 12:35:04 +0000

Canada’s 100 highest-paid chief executive officers earned 209-times more than the average worker in 2016, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Its annual report found the income gap between Canada’s top executives and the average worker is at record highs, as the average chief executive officer made $10.4 million in 2016 compared to […]

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