The companies that thrive will be those that treat layoffs as a last resort, embrace pay transparency and balance fairness ...

More than ever, we need flexible, individualized benefit plans that accommodate diverse employee needs. The pandemic reshaped the workplace, but most employee benefits and compensation programs ...

H.R.1—the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)—contains several provisions that directly affect employer-provided benefit programs, primarily health and welfare programs. Beginning in 2026, the amount ...

Determining total employee compensation is critical to keeping employees happy and attracting top job candidates. Here is how to calculate it.

Employee compensation is the combination of wages and benefits you provide each employee in exchange for their work. A compensation package may include things such as salary, benefits, commissions, ...

In today’s complex benefits landscape, employers face mounting challenges in managing healthcare costs, designing effective plans, and engaging employees. With healthcare costs projected to rise 8% in ...

The Big Beautiful Bill, signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025, spans nearly 900 pages and touches numerous aspects of federal policy. Nestled within this lengthy legislation are employee ...

Since FASB Statement no. 123(R) began requiring companies to recognize an expense equal to the grant-date fair value of options awarded as compensation, there has been a significant change in ...

The technology giant intends to utilize these shares for employee stock-based compensation programs. This move follows a ...

I RC section 162(a)(1) allows companies to deduct from income a reasonable allowance for salaries or other compensation for services actually rendered. Determining whether the compensation paid to a ...

Can individual units, colleges, or schools implement their own performance increases or pay increases separate from the campus-based increases? Units, colleges, and schools must have an approved ...