Emmerich Consulting

14/12/2012

Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation and “The Fiscal Cliff”

14/12/2012

Because of the pending fiscal cliff and the possibility of higher tax rates coming in 2013, we have been asked if private company employers should accelerate payments of incentive compensation into 2012, rather than pay them in 2013.

03/12/2012

Panelists included Susan Webman, Of Counsel with FortneyScott in Washington, DC., John Husband, senior partner with Holland & Hart in the firm’s Denver,

30/11/2012

NEW YORK -- Hostess Brands Inc. plans to ask for a judge's approval Thursday to give its top executives bonuses totaling up to $1.8 million as part of its wind-down plans. The maker of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Ho Hos says the incentive pay is needed to retain the 19 managers during the liquidation p...

27/11/2012

The shareholder advisory service now considers some strategies executives use to realize or lock in value from company stock to be risk-oversight failures.

22/11/2012

Human Resources is supposed to be more strategic these days and yet historically its focus has been on managing and reducing costs. Whilst cutting costs are important, there are several reasons why it is essential that HR shift its focus away from cost cutting and towards increasing output and reven...

20/11/2012

App developers have turned cellphones and tablets into powerful tools, spawning a multibillion-dollar industry but making huge sacrifices in the process.

19/11/2012

16/11/2012

In the years leading up to the recession, the talent market was hot. Unemployment in 2007 was hovering in the 4.5 percent range and U.S. GDP growth – while not as robust as the late 1990s – had recovered …

15/11/2012

Most employers say they have pay for performance, says Kochanski, but they don’t. Unfortunately, employees spot that and that sets them off, especially

15/11/2012

7. Make Merit Matter Of course, one of the problems with merit pay has been that we’re mostly working with low merit budgets. But even with a small

14/11/2012

It’s that time of year again!