Compensation

Adoption of ESG-related factors in executive compensation fell among Singapore-listed companies from 2021 to 2023.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 114: Mainstreaming ESG-linked pay; climate policy is better together

This week in ESG: Policymakers and investors increasingly demand executive accountability on ESG; policy combinations drive big emissions cuts, researchers find

Progressive companies already place employees at the centre of the decision-making process with flexible compensation models.

Re-examining the concept of employee reward to achieve optimal value

Pay, benefits, and workforce costs are one of the most significant outflows for organisations

The level of compensation could only be set based on the outcome of an ongoing investigation into the flight, which could take years.

SIA may face hefty payout pressure after turbulent flight

Prior payouts for similarly severe injuries escalated “easily into seven and sometimes eight-figure claims,” says Peter Neenan, a parter specialising in aviation litigation

General Motors did not increase chief executive officer Mary Barra’s target compensation for 2024.

GM CEO Barra compensation fell 4% in 2023 to US$27.8 million

GENERAL Motors CEO Mary Barra’s total compensation in 2023 fell 4 per cent to US$27.8 million, the largest US automaker said on Wednesday (Apr 24).

The incentive-compensation rules are meant to curb risky behaviour by forcing executives and other prominent employees to wait longer to cash out their bonuses.

Wall Street bonus rules return to regulatory agenda in third try

US FINANCIAL watchdogs plan to take another crack at regulating Wall Street executives’ pay – an outstanding requirement of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act that has repeatedly failed to materialise.

Glitches in software led to hundreds of local Post Office managers – known as sub-postmasters – being wrongly convicted for theft and false accounting between 1999 and 2015.

Fujitsu takes US$1 billion knock as Post Office scandal escalates

More than US$1 billion was wiped off the value of Fujitsu on Wednesday (Jan 17) after the company’s European chief said it had a moral responsibility to provide compensation for its role in the UK Pos...

Most workers should expect salary raises of between 3 and 5 per cent, based on the poll.

Eight in 10 employers plan to give bonuses averaging one month or more: survey

AROUND 84 per cent of employers plan to award bonuses averaging one month or more in the 2023-2024 period, a survey released on Tuesday (Dec 12) found.

In an inflationary environment, the growing competition for Gen Z talent is exacerbating wage compression of existing junior employees.
WORKING LIFE

Should fresh Singapore graduates receive higher pay than junior employees?

The answer to this question isn’t as straightforward as one might think