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What is Equity Compensation & How It Work?

HR Lineup

Equity compensation is a powerful tool used by companies to attract, retain, and incentivize employees. Unlike traditional forms of compensation such as salary and bonuses, equity compensation grants employees ownership stakes in the company. Types of Equity Compensation Here are some common types of equity compensation: 1.

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Unlocking compensation benchmarking: Getting started for success

Insperity

The answer: Compensation benchmarking. What is compensation benchmarking? Compensation benchmarking is the process by which compensation professionals on your human resources (HR) team analyze salary data in the marketplace for each specific job at your company. The compensation benchmarking process 1.

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Types of Compensation: Everything HR Needs to Know

HR Lineup

In the dynamic landscape of human resources, managing compensation is a crucial aspect that directly impacts an organization’s ability to attract, retain, and motivate employees. Compensation goes beyond just the salary paid to employees and includes various elements designed to reward and recognize their contributions.

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Compensation Planning: Where Complexity Meets Opportunity

Decusoft

Guest Blog from Steve Goldberg, HCM Industry Analyst, Advisor, Influencer The context Anyone leading a compensation team or function is keenly aware that ‘comp planning’ activities can take the most time, and surrounding complexities can be plentiful. And it’s not just organizational structures and reporting lines that might be fluid.

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There’s a new joint-employer rule. Wait, another one?!? Yes, this one involves employers and labor unions.

The Employer Handbook

In contrast to the 2020 final rule, the 2023 rule considers the alleged joint employers’ authority to control essential terms and conditions of employment, whether or not such control is exercised, and without regard to whether any such exercise of control is direct or indirect.

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Stock Options Are Not “Wages” in California

HRWatchdog

In startup businesses, it’s not uncommon for employees to accept less cash compensation in exchange for stock options — the option to buy the company stock at a predetermined exercise price. In the future, if the stock’s value exceeds the exercise price, the individual can buy the stock at the lower price for a profitable investment.

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Pre-IPO Equity Compensation: Refresh or Change Course?

Compensation Cafe

It’s getting harder to know exactly what to do about equity compensation at pre-IPO companies. All of this is challenging long-used models for equity compensation. The individual asking the question is a very experienced, and very good, compensation consultant who works for a major firm in the space.