Employee Compensation

Insurers like Obama health plan (mostly)

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — The insurance industry embraced many of President-elect Barack Obama's ideas for better health care coverage Wednesday, though it opposes a key piece of his plan to require...

Plan Source acquires Spokane firm

LOUISVILLE - PlanSource, a human resources and benefits administration company based in Louisville, has acquired Spokane-based Instant Benefits Network for an undisclosed amount. PlanSource, which has four employees in...

GAO: Critical Issues not Yet Addressed in TARP

The investigative arm of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday criticized the Treasury Department's handling of a $700 billion bank bailout program and urged the Bush administration to get it into better shape....

3 Tips Essential For Effective Salary Negotiations

area. However, many experts commonly forget to tell the candidate a few things that are a must in preparing for the negotiation process. Without a proper understanding of these things, candidates can really miss the mark with...

Tom Greenwood: Auto executives travel to D.C. by car but is it cheaper?

After being criticized for flying to Washington on corporate jets last month, when they asked Congress for $25 billion in loans, the heads of the Big Three automakers decided to travel by car for tomorrow's follow up appearance.

A Modest Proposal to Reduce CEO Pay (at Motley Fool)

By Selena Maranjian December 3, 2008 | Comments (1) Earlier this year, I read an interesting report from our friends at the Corporate Library. It seems that in 2007, CEO compensation rose by a median rate of nearly 16% among...

Breaking: Saigon Grill Owners Arrested

If you remember in October, Saigon Grill workers were awarded a lot of money because the owners refused to pay their delivery-people and other employees minimum wage for over 70 hours of work per week...

Omaxe fires 70, cuts 10% pay of others

Omaxe, real estate firm, today said that it has fired 70 people and reduced salaries of its employees by 10 per cent on an average as part of cost cutting measures, to beat the current slowdown in the

No increase in pay, HP staff told

Bangalore: The world’s largest personal computers maker, Hewlett-Packard Co., or HP, will not offer annual salary increases due in February to employees, including those in India, where around one-fifth of its workforce is...

Tribunal says politicians deserve hefty pay rise

The tribunal which sets politicians' pay says MPs' and ministers' salaries have fallen behind and makes the point that a cabinet minister is paid less than the salary of a deputy secretary in a government department. Retired...