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'Sink or swim together' | American Express rewrites bonus structure to curb exec rivalries
American Express has overhauled its executive bonus structure after incentives saw...
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'Trust risk' | How AI adoption is forcing employers to rethink performance-based pay
AI is reshaping pay for performance, with new data showing both productivity gains...
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Sky-high bonus | Delta Airlines pays out $1.3bn to employees in profit share
Delta Air Lines has paid $1.3B to employees through its annual profit-sharing program,...
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Crunch decisions | Are 'peanut butter' wage policies a threat to engagement and retention?
So-called 'peanut-butter' raises may offer clarity and budget control, but new data...
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'Crypto embrace' | Steak 'n Shake offers unusual Bitcoin bonus for hourly staff
Steak 'n Shake is offering hourly workers a Bitcoin bonus as part of a new pay...
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Shrinking benefits | US bonus payouts less common and smaller says six-year study
US bonus payouts are reaching fewer workers and shrinking in size, according to six...
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$55bn | Court restores Elon Musk pay package after Tesla appeal
The Delaware Supreme Court has reinstated Elon Musk's Tesla pay package, overturning...
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Retention | OpenAI scraps six-month equity cliff for new hires as AI talent war persists
OpenAI has ended its equity vesting cliff, as competition for AI talent reshapes...
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$1m pool | Firms turn to cash bonuses & unusual rewards to boost employee AI use
Companies are offering bonuses, gifts, and points to encourage workers to adopt artificial...
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Office romance | Ohio considers tax breaks for firms that pay 'marriage bonuses' to staff
Ohio lawmakers are weighing up a bill that would reward businesses with tax credits...
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Creating billionaires | Nvidia CEO reveals why he personally reviews salaries of all 42,000 employees each month
'I've created more billionaires on my management team than any CEO in the world,'...
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‘Budget-neutral’ | Google boosts comp for top performers - by trimming bonuses for middling staff
'High performance is more important than ever,' Google's VP of Global Compensation...
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Vega baby! | The unintended consequence of CEO incentives in the workplace
A recent study has drawn a clear link between how CEOs get paid and the risks companies...
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280% rise | CEO pay & bonuses soar despite sluggish Fortune 500 performance
Recent analysis reveals a growing disconnect between corporate financial performance...
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'Being present' | Deloitte ties staff bonuses to office attendance in RTO push
Deloitte has joined the growing list of major US firms scaling back remote...
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Under pressure | Ford cuts bonuses for middle managers as part of cost-saving drive
Roughly half of eligible employees are set to lose out on the incentive...
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‘Unmatched professionalism’ | Delta celebrates 100-year anniversary with bumper $1.4bn bonus payout to employees
Each employee will net an extra five weeks' pay, Delta estimates...
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Bad Blood, good pay! | Taylor Swift ends Eras Tour with staggering $197m in bonuses for staff
The legendary music star has paid out bonuses to staff from tour dancers to truck...
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Bitter taste | Starbucks slashes staff bonuses by 40% while $23m CEO payout remains intact
Starbucks employees are set to see significant reductions in their annual bonus payouts...
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‘Transaction award’ | Paramount's Chief People Officer to land $1m payout for retaining key staff during Skydance sale
The bonus is designed to "promote the retention of certain key employees"...
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