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The Financial Accounting Standards Board and International Accounting Standards Board's convergence will create a platform by which multinational firms can base benefit planning. New rules are expected to impact around 7,000 listed European Union companies. European countries' approaches to accounting standards are also discussed.

A survey of more than 450 companies from different industries in the U.S. finds that 66 percent of the respondents believe that a significant reduction in headcount is unlikely and that 49 percent are somewhat or very likely to reduce pay or merit increase budgets. Fifty four percent of them are somewhat to very concerned about turnover while 39 percent see bonuses staying the same.

Incentive compensation can help achieve corporate goals or undermine them. Good plans are clear, simple, and predictable; employees know in advance just how much they will earn for doing what [...]

The Sibson Consulting / International Benefits (IBIS) Advisors survey has identified emerging trends designed to cut costs related with using expatriates. The trends include the reduction in the number and/or length of international assignments, employment of more local talent and implementation of new compensation plan for expatriates. Details of the findings are also discussed.

A survey of 190 midsize and large employers in the U.S. finds that 24 percent of the participants plan to cut their compensation budgets from their April 2008 projections by 0.5 percent to 3.2 percent while 18 percent of them plan to increase their budgets to an average of 3.8 percent. High performing employees are expected to see a 5.3 percent increase in their 2008 basic pay.

Graphs and tables that represent compensation plans and compensation changes of small businesses in the United States are presented. The figures include data from 1986 to 2007.

When most people think about negotiating compensation, they think of greenbacks, Benjamins, or whatever else they might call that sweet, green, cold hard cash. But there's more to employee compensation […]

Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32 (4), 719-731. [Leach] Building on research that suggests that consumers have reasonably strong beliefs about the manner in which retail salespeople are compensated, the [...]