Almost no one has heard of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, but it was the highest-paying company in America last year, based on an analysis of S&P 500 companies. The median worker pay for its 470 workers was $295,136, an increase of 90% from 2019. The data on the pay figures comes from MyLogIQ, which provided it…
Employees of Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST 0.45%) and Home Depot Inc. (HD -0.20%) saw demand for their services swell last year as homebound Americans stocked up on food and remodeled their homes. But Costco’s median worker made 16% less in 2020 than in the previous year while Home Depot’s made 21% more. The divergence doesn’t mean one chain paid better than the other. It reflects…
The Covid-19 crisis wreaked havoc on the global economy, disrupted supply chains and cost millions of people their jobs. But for those who remained employed throughout the pandemic, their salaries remained largely unaffected by the Great Disrupter of 2020. According to The Wall Street Journal, the median pay at more than 30% of companies listed on…
While the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted millions of jobs and most businesses, many workers kept their jobs and their salaries — and some saw pay rise. Median pay changed by 5% or less either way at about a third of S&P 500 companies. It rose by more than 5% at 184 companies, and fell by more than 5% at…
While the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted millions of jobs and most businesses, many workers kept their jobs and their salaries—and some saw pay rise. Median pay changed by 5% or less either way at about a third of S&P 500 companies. It rose by more than 5% at 184 companies, and fell by more than 5% at…
The coronavirus pandemic undoubtedly caused upheaval for millions of workers, with many losing their jobs, while others have seen their work seriously disrupted. Many also, however, saw their roles unscathed by the pandemic, while some even saw pay rises, with a new analysis from The Wall Street Journal highlighting the differences in median pay among S&P 500 companies – the…
This NACD Blue Ribbon report–The 2020 Update of the Diverse Board–uses CompanyIQ® corporate governance and diversity data to look at the critical ESG metric of diversity on corporate boards. This report was refreshed in 2020 from the original version published in 2012 with new data and guidance generated from more recent NACD Blue Ribbon Commissions…
The killing of George Floyd in police custody a year ago and the subsequent protests prompted pledges from U.S. business leaders: They would fight racism and work to recruit and promote Black and other minority employees. Now, more companies are putting money behind those pledges by tying executive compensation to specific goals. In January, Starbucks Corp. said it would give…
As boards delve deeper into human capital oversight, employee engagement data is becoming more pertinent to directors and other senior leaders, sources say. Frequent surveys on specific engagement problem areas have replaced long, drawn-out annual employee surveys, and human resources leaders are reporting the findings up to the board as they monitor issues such as…
Mentions of diversity are featuring prominently in companies’ human capital disclosures this proxy season; however, most companies are staying mum on the numbers. An analysis of 10-Ks filed by big companies by mid-April shows that only about a third disclosed any workplace demographic data on race and ethnicity. Fewer still broke the data out into…