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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

HR Management Activities

Many organizations, especially large ones, administer executive compensation somewhat differently than compensation for lower-level employees. An executive typically is someone in the top two levels of an organization, such as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), President, or Senior Vice-President.

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M&A in your future? You need an Employee Benefits Audit.

CorpStrat

Are your retirement plan programs in full compliance with ERISA and fiduciary responsibilities including filings of all required tax reporting? Review any and all TOP HAT or executive compensation programs, and be sure to address any unfunded liabilities or promises like bonus agreements.

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Federal tax reform: 5 HR must-dos for every business

Insperity

When federal tax reform happens, it makes headlines across all media, with the news of sweeping tax changes and how they impact businesses and individuals. Our nation’s first major tax reform in more than 30 years has spurred many business owners to spend hours with their CPAs and tax consultants over the past few months.

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[Podcast]: Employee Retention Issues

Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

David Teigman: Hello and welcome to The Proskauer Benefits Brief: Legal Insight on Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation. Nick LaSpina : One common approach right now is awarding retention bonuses. Are they really market compensation at this point in certain industries? David Teigman : That’s a fair point, Nick.

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Learn from payroll year-end mistakes or repeat them

Business Management Daily

According to our tally, you’ll probably be crossing paths with Accounts Payable, Benefits, HR and the executive compensation committee. Executive compensation committee: 20% excise tax on golden parachute payments, income from the exercise of nonstatutory stock options and nonqualified deferred compensation.

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Long Time Coming: SEC Adopts Final Dodd-Frank Clawback Rules

Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

Compensation not considered “incentive-based compensation” for purposes of the Final Rules: salaries; purely discretionary bonuses; compensation tied to subjective or strategic performance standards (i.e., A decision not to claw back compensation is required to be disclosed and is subject to review by the exchange.

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Stranger in a Strange Land: Surprising Applications of U.S. Golden Parachute Rules in Cross-Border Transactions

Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

The “golden parachute” excise tax regime under Internal Revenue Code Sections 280G and 4999 (“Section 280G” and “Section 4999”, respectively) is at the core of both public and private U.S.-based compensation tax deduction. When Do the Golden Parachute Tax Provisions Apply? Background. based transactions. corporations.