The pay gap between CEOs and their employees has widened over the past half decade, according to an analysis by Agenda of S&P 500 proxy statements. In 2022, half of all S&P 500 CEOs earned at least $183 for every dollar earned by their company’s typical employee. This value is $16 higher than it was… Continue reading Visual Investigation: Pay Gaps Widen as Workforce Scrutiny Grows
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In a Bumper Year for CEO Pay, One Chief’s $161 Million Award Swells to $1.3 Billion
Chip maker Broadcom gave Hock Tan, its chief executive, a $161 million stock award, instantly landing him among the highest-paid CEOs. His payday could end up being even bigger, thanks to a surge in the company’s share price. Lately, the market has valued the underlying shares at roughly $1.3 billion. The gains are revealed in… Continue reading In a Bumper Year for CEO Pay, One Chief’s $161 Million Award Swells to $1.3 Billion
Pay Metrics Proliferate for REIT CEOs Amid Sector Turbulence
Chief executive officers at the top 15 public real estate investment trusts all earned upward of $4 million last year, with the largest firm’s CEO inching toward a annual compensation total of nearly $50 million last year. …Data from public company intelligence provider MyLogIQ showed Prologis CEO Hamid Moghadam taking the cake with total pay… Continue reading Pay Metrics Proliferate for REIT CEOs Amid Sector Turbulence
Are America’s CEOs overpaid?
“We’re fed up with falling behind,” declared Shawn Fain, the boss of America’s United Auto Workers (UAW), last month after the union began a campaign of intermittent strikes at Ford, General Motors (GM) and Stellantis, America’s “big three” carmakers. A month in and the two sides are still at loggerheads. Jim Farley, Ford’s chief executive,… Continue reading Are America’s CEOs overpaid?
SEC Drops New Comp Disclosure Rules
The SEC has revisited its pay-versus-performance disclosure rule with a fresh batch of question-and-answer guidance about various technical aspects of the one-year old rule. The guidance, in the form of nine compliance and disclosure interpretations (CD&Is), generally addresses how companies should treat valuation issues and metrics for the purposes of calculating figures in the disclosure… Continue reading SEC Drops New Comp Disclosure Rules
See How Much Corporate Leaders Make Compared with Their Employees
From fiery speeches on union picket lines to pointed shareholder resolutions, criticism of CEO pay packages has taken on new urgency in 2023, even as the gap between the salaries at the top and bottom of the corporate ladder has continued to grow. How outlandish have CEO salaries gotten? Can they ever be reined in?… Continue reading See How Much Corporate Leaders Make Compared with Their Employees
How the Pay Gap Between Employees and CEOs Impacts Workers, According to Experts
Money can, in fact, buy happiness: A much publicized 2010 study found that employees needed to earn $75,000 per year to feel fulfilled, and that each additional dollar above that wouldn’t make a difference. But according to more recent research from Matthew Killingsworth, a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, there is no such… Continue reading How the Pay Gap Between Employees and CEOs Impacts Workers, According to Experts
The 15 ‘Most Fairly’ Paid CEOs
As more states require companies to share information on salary transparency, the question of pay equity between executives and workers is being taken up by unions, shareholder activists, and researchers who question why CEO pay has ballooned in recent years. But the latest batch of executive compensation disclosures filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission… Continue reading The 15 ‘Most Fairly’ Paid CEOs