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: Human Resources

News & Reviews: May 2011
Solutions for Healthcare Liabilities
Scanning Systems
Payroll interface to outsourced payroll processors
Defined Benefit Plan Funding Policy
Human Resources: June 10
Smart chief financial officers understand the real cost of losing talented people in a recession and having to recruit them again. Knowing that more than numbers affect the bottom line is a key ingredient of their business’s success. In Brief: May 10
Private Companies: December 09
With the unemployment rate surging past 10 percent and little immediate relief in sight, private companies, in particular, are likely wrestling with critical hiring choices as they enter 2010: Cut more jobs, make do with an already beleaguered workforce or add new talent and perhaps invite higher short-term financial pain. In Brief: December 09
in brief: november 08
washington insights: october 08
FEI has begun to make a more conscious effort to develop its diversity initiatives by, among other things, re-invigorating its Diversity Task Force. This group is comprised of several FEI members and chaired by Gerald Urich, director of External Reporting and Compliance for The Hershey Co. succession: october 08
Questions on the process for selecting a successor should be a primary goal for chief financial officers who will be retiring in a decade. For those retiring sooner, these questions should already be answered. professional development: september 08
Reporting Relationships
Reimbursing Passport Fees
professional development: December 07
Financial executives who can rethink the workforce in terms of the geography of talent, as well as the geography of cost, will be in the best position to make informed decisions. A new study measures the potential of 30 countries to develop talent. Workforce: October 07
As companies struggle to develop adequate levels of accounting, finance and audit professionals from a shrinking talent pool, ensuring those in the pipeline are well-equipped to meet the challenges is a primary concern. A diversified group met to address these issues and offer solutions. Compensation: september 07
Setting executive compensation targets has changed. The process now reflects the new environment of heightened shareholder activism, increased disclosure requirements and overall market skepticism. CFO Comp Excluded From $1 Million Deduction Limit; For How Long?
On June 4, 2007, the IRS issued Notice 2007-49, which changes the group of executive oficers who are considered covered employees for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. Attorneys Cooley Godward Kornish ask "for how long?" since Congress is considering a number of legislative proposals regarding Section 162(m). As such, Congress may decide to amend the ruling. 'Affiliation' A Key Driver Of Productivity, Says Rewards Of Work Study
Professional Employer Organizations: Lightening the HR Load
Professional employer organizations, or PEOs, may be worth investigating, especially for smaller businesses having trouble with human resourced-related forms and red tape, writes the head of one such organization. Talent Management Survey: Trends, Challenges, Priorities, Successes
Status Report On Pension Protection Act Guidance
Law firm Davis and Harman LLP has put together this useful memorandum detailing the wide range of issues raised at meetings with interested parties from the U.S. Departments of Treasury and Labor following President Bush’s signing the Pension Protection Act (PPA) in August 2006. The report is dated Oct. 16, 2006. Top 250 Long-Term Incentive Grant Practices, By Frederic W. Cook
The last four years have been a tumultuous time for executive compensation as public companies have responded to a regulatory onslaught. Since 1973, Frederic W. Cook & Co. has researched and published annual reports on long-term incentive grant practices for executives. 2007 Health Plan Cost Trends, The Segal Co.
New SEC Options-Pricing Rules Aim at Clarity, Transparency
New SEC rules focus on shining a more intense light on the approval and administration of stock option programs rather than outlawing specific practices – making irregularities a sin of commission, rather than omission. Rethinking Postretirement Benefits, By PwC
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