“Compensation envy” hit fever pitch this week as the AFL-CIO released its 2018 Executive Paywatch report, which analyzes the pay ratio between CEOs and their median employee. The report claims that on average, CEOs of S&P 500 companies received $14.5 million in total compensation, 287 times that of their median worker. Notwithstanding, The Conference Board…
We’ve seen a number of industry rankings released over the past week or so and want to call them to your attention. Entrepreneurs 39th Annual Franchise 500 rankings has Dunkin’ Donuts coming in 1st, 2nd & 3rd in three of the listing categories. Dunkin’ topped the list for Fastest Growing Franchises edging out 7-Eleven for…
Publicly traded companies were also on the receiving end of yet another negative ruling out of Washington DC on Wednesday, this time from the Securities and Exchange Commission. On a 3-2 vote, the SEC adopted a rule mandating that publicly traded companies compute and disclose the ratio of their CEO’s pay to their median worker’s…
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