Research shows that cash bonuses are responsible for many recent financial scandals. The alternative isn’t that great either.
Surveys show most long distance truck drivers also did non-driving work like loading and waiting, but only a minority were paid for it.
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Analysis shows that productivity-based payments are associated with recognised unsafe work practices including longer hours of driving and fewer rest breaks.
So many of the factors influencing low wages growth for Australian workers are also an important influence on CEO pay, although not necessarily in the same way.
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Data shows that growth in total CEO pay has outstripped average Australian wage growth in every year of the last five years. But perhaps we need to look more closely.
In 2005, regulations were introduced that required US firms paying CEOs with stock options to list them in financial statements.
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The amplified public concerns about executive pay that led to the cementing of reporting and disclosure into law, may start trend of voluntary disclosure among professional bodies.
Office perks like slides down stairs may not be the best way to motivate good behaviour.
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Research shows paying people more can actually lead to worse decisions. Getting the best results from executives requires understanding our complex motivations
Employees in the study were willing to put their own interests before their employers for money.
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