Variable Pay Hits Record as Companies Weigh Risk Against Optimism

Companies are spending the most ever on variable pay for salaried exempt workers, according to Aon Hewitt, as optimism about the economy is tempered by a greater emphasis on risk management.

Funds allocated for incentives, bonuses and cash awards climbed to a non-inflation-adjusted 12.9 percent of payroll spending in 2015, the highest in the 39 years of the US salary increase survey.

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Chapman, Cate. ‘Variable pay hits record as companies weigh risk against optimism’. ©2015 Advisen Ltd. 18 September 2015.

Competing Approaches to Executive Pay Seen in US, Europe: Mercer

While European companies double down on meeting “prescriptive” new regulations for executive compensation in the wake of the financial crisis, those in the US are strengthening clawback provisions and continuing to develop long-term incentive plans as an alternative to bonuses, a Mercer survey showed.

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Chapman, Cate. ‘Competing approaches to executive pay seen in US, Europe: Mercer’. ©2015 Advisen Ltd. 22 July 2015.