states that‚ “Compensation represents both the intrinsic and extrinsic rewards employees receive for performing their jobs and for their membership as employees” (3). Compensation can be in the form of money and also services or discounts. Monetary rewards or bonuses and vacations are common in many work places. Other examples include healthcare for the employee and possibly his/her family also‚ 401K‚ retirement‚ salary incentives‚ child care assistance and even time shares. Compensation does cost companies
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE DOES EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION INCREASE FIRM PERFORMANCE? Sietse Compagner‚ Gibran Borst‚ Tom Bleijenberg Introduction The current state of the economy raises questions about executive compensation. Although the debate on whether or not bonuses are worth their while has been going on for a long time‚ a recent development made it even harder for firms to justify the salaries that are paid to executives. The development in question is the collapse
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SALIENT FEATURES OF WORKMEN COMPENSATION ACT‚ 1923 Submitted by MOKSHA NAIR WORKMEN COMPENSATION ACT‚ 1923 Objective of the Act: The objective of the Act is to provide compensation to workmen for injury or an accident. It was the first Labour Law Act enacted to provide one time compensation to a workman injured on company’s premises or shop floor. Salient Features of the Act: 1. An employer is obligated to pay compensation to a workman in case
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Chapter # 1 Key Terms: ALLOWANCES~ Compensation to provide for items that are in short supply COMPENSATION~ All forms of financial returns and tangible services and benefits that employees receive as part of an employment relationship COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT~ Percentage increment to base pay provided to all adjustments employees regardless of performance EXTERNAL COMPETITIVENESS~ Comparison of compensation with that of competitors INCENTIVES (variable pay)~ Onetime payments
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Re: Murray Compensation‚ Inc. Facts Murray Compensation‚ Inc. (Murray)‚ an SEC registrant that provides payroll processing and benefit administration services to other companies‚ granted 100‚000 “at-the-money” employee share options on January 1‚ 2006. The awards have a grant-date fair value of $6‚ vest at the end of the third year of service (cliff-vesting)‚ and have an exercise price of $21. Subsequent to the awards being granted‚ the stock price has fallen significantly. On January 1
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Compensation and benefits Assignment – 1 BPCL KOCHI REFINERIES BPCL KOCHI REFINERY Kochi Refinery‚ a unit of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)‚ embarked on its journey in 1966 with a capacity of 50‚000 barrels per day. Formerly known as Cochin Refineries Limited and later renamed as Kochi Refineries Limited‚ the refinery was originally established as a joint venture in collaboration with Phillips Petroleum Corporation‚ USA
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Disney fame received $203 million as executive compensation. Although this award was inflated by Eisner ’s exercise of stock options‚ many examples of compensation in millions and tens of millions raise questions on how CEOs should be paid. Critics dispute that CEOs are deserving of their pay. CEOs downsize companies or perform badly‚ yet continue to draw a substantial salary. Unlike low level managers‚ it seems there is no formula for executive compensation. The disparity between the executive pay in
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Chapter 1 Introducing the Pay Model and Pay Strategy 1. How do differing perspectives affect our views of compensation? There are four perspectives in terms of views of compensation: Society’s view * Pay as a measure of justice * Benefits as a reflection of justice in society * Job losses (or gains) attributed to differences in compensation * Belief that pay increases lead to price increases Stockholder’s view * Using stock to pay employees creates a sense of ownership
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AN EXPATRIATE An expatriate (in abbreviated form‚ expat) is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person ’s upbringing or legal residence. The word comes from the Latin ex (out of) and patria (country‚ fatherland). During the latter half of the 20th century expatriation was dominated by professionals sent by their employers to foreign subsidiaries or headquarters. Starting at the end of the 20th century globalization created a global market
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challenges‚ one of the most important issues is to determine how to appropriately compensate and incentivize their employees. International compensation is defined as ‘the provision of monetary and non-monetary rewards valued by employees according to their relative contributions to MNC performance’ (Harzing‚ 2004). The main objective of any international compensation is to attract and retain the most talented people who are qualified for international assignments. In most situations‚ managers would want
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