Best of 2020
A recap of your favorite content from Labrador Each year, we conduct a benchmark study of the proxy statements filed by companies in the S&P 250, [...]
CEO pay adjustments in response to COVID-19?
Source: Harvard Law School Forum - September 27, 2020 How have companies altered CEO compensation in response to COVID-19? This article goes into detail about pay adjustments disclosed by Russell [...]
Discretionary adjustments to executive compensation call for careful disclosure.
COVID-19 has had a significant impact on corporate performance, and a related impact on executive compensation. In many cases, long-term equity awards that were granted before March 2020 have lost [...]
Director Compensation: Let the expert speak
Interview with Sharon Podstupka from Pearl Meyer In a recent blog post, Sharon Podstupka tackled the continuing hot topic of communicating effectively on Director compensation. We sat down with her [...]
Download: 7th annual proxy study
This year Labrador introduced the U.S Transparency Awards, which ranked the companies in the S&P 250 based on the quality of disclosure in their proxy statements, 10-Ks, and investor relations [...]
Power to the people
As human capital management, or HCM, has become increasingly linked to key company performance drivers -- such as employee engagement, skills development, and talent management -- some powerful voices are [...]
Long-term push
Is Milton Friedman rolling over in his grave? The Nobel prize-winning economist would surely have been dismayed over the recent Business Roundtable heresy that corporate decisions should consider all stakeholders [...]
New Developments in Shareholders’ Gender Pay Gap Proposals
Harvard Law School Forum, March 22, 2019 We anticipate the combined forces of legislation such as U.K. gender pay reporting rules and stakeholders’ higher expectations will accelerate companies’ overall pay [...]
Executive Pay – Metrics Beyond the Numbers
Semler Brossy, December 11, 2018 Companies are starting to implement strategic metrics that incentivize investments in the business which should lead to long-term growth. These goals need to be treated [...]
It’s Time to Tie Executive Compensation to Sustainability
Source : Harvard Business Review, 08/17/17 "As any compensation consultant will tell you, comp plans can address only so many metrics. Most plans have fewer than six: one or two [...]