A new report from a Rochester-area executive search firm shows that salaries for in-house counsel increased 4.3 percent from 2015 to 2016. Fairport-based BarkerGilmore released its 2017 In-House Counsel Compensation Report on June 15. The data was collected with an ...

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CEO pay is rigged. If that sounds more like a late-night presidential tweet than a fact, let’s consider the evidence. The compensation packages of the chief executive officers of America have been rising faster than just about any rational metric ...

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Have you ever asked your parents “How much do you get paid?” If you ever have, you’ve probably gotten the same response I did, which is awkward silence followed by, “It’s not polite to ask people what they get paid.” ...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Departing Time Warner Cable Inc. executives are in line to receive “golden parachute” compensation totaling around $135 million as part of Comcast Corp.’s $45 billion acquisition of the cable operator. Shareholders are being asked to vote ...

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The claim accrual rules of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act did not preserve the age discrimination claims of plaintiffs who accepted lower paying jobs when their positions were eliminated, the 10th Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal. The ...

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There soon may be a new metric for measuring executives’ compensation: how their pay compares to their employees’. The Securities and Exchange Commission is developing standards that would force companies to disclose not just how much executives earn, but how much their average worker makes.

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A federal filing from Constellation Brands Inc. shows that its chief executive and president saw his pay package rise 25 percent as the alcoholic drinks company's became more profitable but lost its status as the world's biggest wine maker.

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NEW YORK CITY — In the boardroom, it's as if the Great Recession never happened. CEOs at the nation's largest companies were paid better last year than they were in 2007, when the economy was booming, the stock market set a record high and unemployment was roughly half what it is today.

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CORNING — The chief executive and chairman of Corning Inc. saw his pay package rise by 19.6 percent last year, as the specialty glassmaker benefited from surging demand for ultra-thin glass used in television monitors, smart phones and touch-screen tablets.

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That $50 rebate on a new cell phone may not be as good as it sounds, so the New York State Consumer Protection Board has issued a law that aims to make those types of offers as transparent as possible.

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