Compensation and Benefits
Salaries
The 4 Elements of a Frank Conversation With Employees About Pay
Engagement improves when the teams knows they are paid fairly by objective standards.
Leadership
What Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Achieved With His $197M Gift to Employees
Dorsey's decision to share a third of his stock options with employees will pay ample rewards for Twitter's culture and how the company is viewed by the public and investors.
Employee Compensation
A Short Guide to Offering 'A' Players No-Interest Loans to Purchase Equity
While you would want to reward the new hire for the future value he or she adds to your business, you don't want to compensate for the existing value he or she didn't help to create.
Employee Compensation
5 Tips for Developing a Winning Employee Incentive System
Paying out bonuses and offering stock options can benefit your company, but only if you prepare properly.
Compensation and Benefits
For Startups Recruiting Talent, Money Really Isn't Everything
Top prospects can make the same or more at another company. Money alone won't persuade them to join your team.
Executive Compensation
CEO Pay Isn't All That Out of Whack If You Look at Real Data
Why do CEOs get paid so much? Because they deserve it. Plain and simple.
Compensation and Benefits
Netflix Sets a New Standard With Unlimited Parental Leave
The online media company now lays claim to the most generous family leave policy known.
Health Insurance
5 Ways to Make Shopping for Health Insurance Easier
The Affordable Care Act has made it possible for smaller businesses to offer health insurance but nothing about it is simple.
Human Resources
How HR Can Communicate Important-But-Boring Stuff to New Hires
To get new employees up to speed as fast as possible avoid being deadly dull.
Compensation and Benefits
3 Considerations in Deciding How Much to Pay Yourself
It's a question every entrepreneur faces at some point.
Transparency
4 Ways Payroll Transparency Benefits Companies With Nothing to Hide
Making salaries public knowledge can motivate employees to work harder, presuming people are paid on merit.
Benefits
Preparation and Follow Up Are Key to Reducing Open Enrollment Hassles
A patient communication campaign is required if every member of team is to make well-informed choices about benefits.
Employee Benefits
2 Big Employers Tell Gay Employees to Marry or Lose Partner Benefits
With same-sex marriage legal in most states, some employers will no longer recognize domestic partnerships for granting family benefits.
Productivity
9 Practices at Home and Work That Increase Productivity
Increasing productivity has less to do with working longer hours than staying more focused and inspiring your team.
401(k)s
4 Trends in 401(k) Plans Entrepreneurs Need to Know About
Retirement benefits only trail salaries in the consideration of employees choosing who they work for.
