Retaining and rewarding key employees is a challenge for franchise businesses. As a result of basic retirement benefit rules (which apply to qualified plans), many key employees do not receive the ...

Microsoft Corp. 's surprising announcement over the summer that it would cease giving stock options to its employees has high-tech executives scratching their heads, wondering whether and how to ...

Employers are thinking about long-term strategies for attracting and retaining workers without dipping into their cash flow, and they’re reaching back into their late 1990s bag of compensation tricks.

Public companies often compensate employees in part by giving them stock options. This form of employee compensation conserves cash, improves retention and aligns employees’ interests with the ...

Equity grants — a compensation option that gives employees company stock — are increasing in popularity around the globe, according to a report published last week. That means HR professionals should ...

Employee compensation is the combination of wages and benefits you provide each employee in exchange for their work. A compensation package may include things such as salary, benefits, commissions, ...