Compensation and Benefits: Page 4

Growing a Business

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.

Growing a Business

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.

Growing a Business

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.

Growing a Business

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.

Leadership

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.

Growing a Business

Netflix Sets a New Standard With Unlimited Parental Leave

The online media company now lays claim to the most generous family leave policy known.

Thought Leaders

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.

Operations & Logistics

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.

Buying / Investing in Business

3 Considerations in Deciding How Much to Pay Yourself

It's a question every entrepreneur faces at some point.

Growing a Business

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.

Growing a Business

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.

Growing a Business

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.

Money & Finance

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.