Executive Pay Growth During the Pandemic Faces Scrutiny

Executive Pay Growth During the Pandemic Faces Scrutiny - SHRM

As the annual period when public companies issue their proxy statements and hold nonbinding shareholder votes on executive pay packages ( ...

If companies don't make a serious and well-documented case for executive pay in their proxy reports, particularly if they made midyear ...

COVID-19-Motivated Changes to Executive Compensation

We provide new insights into companies' decisions to cut CEO pay during the COVID-19 pandemic by comparing 482 firms announcing CEO salary cuts with those ...

Executive pay again under fire

So far, top executives of many major U.S. corporations — including some at the very epicenter of the crisis — have mostly held on to their outsize pay packages ...

Sharing the Pain: How Did Boards Adjust CEO Pay in Response to ...

Scrutiny of CEO pay increases during times of economic stress, when it is not clear how much pay CEOs should receive when corporate profitability suffers ...

The Future of Executive Compensation: Trends and Predictions

However, the global pandemic, economic volatility, and increased focus on social issues have forced companies to rethink their compensation strategies.

What are the key trends in executive compensation for 2021?

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered executive compensation practices across various industries. One notable case is that of Delta Air ...

Boards—And CEOs—Should Expect Greater Scrutiny On Pay

Public company CEOs are on notice: Boards may need to reevaluate compensation models to be sure they don't unfairly enrich executives.

CEO compensation in a COVID-19 world - Deloitte

If it is to reward effort in some way, then even a company facing zero revenue in the ... record growth beyond anyone's imagination. If these companies use ...

Executive Compensation in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has not changed Glass Lewis' approach to executive pay. We start from each company's specific circumstances, ...

Were CEO pay cuts during the COVID-19 pandemic merely symbolic ...

7 To date, recent studies conducted in the US have documented that there was an increase in CEO pay cut announcements during the COVID-19 ...

Investors object to CEO pay in judgment on pandemic response

Investors are more likely to reject proposed CEO pay this year as they demand compensation that reflects pandemic performance.

CEO Pay Heads for Record as Pandemic Recedes - WSJ

Most CEOs received a pay increase of 11% or more, and pay rose by at least 25% for nearly one-third of them. Pay fell for about a quarter of the ...

CEOs took a pay cuts in 2020. But they wound up earning more

Amid layoffs and furloughs brought on by the pandemic, executives at some of America's largest publicly traded companies voluntarily lowered ...

CEOs are getting paid bonuses like there was no pandemic

The Wall Street Journal found that the chief executives of the 300 largest public companies in the U.S. got a median pay raise of 15% last year.

Trends to Watch: An Early Look at CEO Pay and the Impact of ...

Because executive pay is so closely tied to company performance, compensation packages reported in proxy filings provide a window into how ...

CEO pay, bonuses and targets under fresh scrutiny - FT Professional

Performance targets for executives are under fresh scrutiny after a sharp rise in bonuses for FTSE 100 bosses in 2021.

CEO compensation: Evidence from the field - ScienceDirect.com

When asked about increases in expected pay for incumbent CEOs, both directors and investors state that the primary justification is good recent performance.

New Scrutiny of C-Suite Pay - Korn Ferry

Supporters of the measure say it will give investors and watchdog groups more transparency around how increases in the compensation for CEOs and other top ...

A Case Study of the Disconnect Between CEO Pay and Company ...

In fact, some companies announced that their CEOs were giving up some or all of their salary for the year during the height of the pandemic. The ...