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Employee benefit costs notch healthy gains, led by health care

Marketplace
Linda Barrington, executive director of the Institute for Compensation Studies, says “There were a number of contracts that came due, and all of that bargaining is starting to show up in these numbers.”
Employee benefit costs notch healthy gains, led by health care

A judge has once again rejected Musk’s multi-billion-dollar Tesla pay package. Now what?

AP News
Brian Dunn, program director for the Institute of Compensation Studies at Cornell University, said it’s been his experience that Tesla has no choice but to stay in the Delaware courts for this compensation package.
A judge has once again rejected Musk’s multi-billion-dollar Tesla pay package. Now what?

Executive pay on Long Island: 4 men at Kimco Realty on top 10 list for 2023

Newsday
Brian Dunn, director of the Institute for Compensation Studies Professional Programs, says “There’s nobody sitting in the room when those decisions are being made that wants the number to be lower.”
Executive pay on Long Island: 4 men at Kimco Realty on top 10 list for 2023