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The increased scrutiny of executive compensation, resulting from both recently passed and pending legislation, as well as shareholder advisory group policies, will require regular updates to public company’s Compensation Committees. Although there are many issues that will...

We recently had one of our clients audited by the IRS w/ respect to their annual bonus plan. Not surprisingly, when we as a country are running a large deficit, the IRS will be looking for ways to bring in more revenue. What we have discovered is that the IRS is dramatically...

Change-in-control (“CIC”) provisions for public company executives have re-emerged on radar screens of shareholder activists and regulators due to recent executive pay legislations, such as December 16, 2009, increased Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)...

Compensation Committee Action Plan Review the compensation committee charter for sound governance practices. Review the process for determining executive compensation. Conduct an analysis of institutional shareholders to determine which of them follow voting guidelines...

Click the link to the NFP Compensation Consulting article posted to SHRM Online - Less Freedom to Pay: Executive Comp After Financial Regulatory Reform. Say on Pay The “say-on-pay” provision included in the bill would give shareholders the opportunity to cast an advisory...