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Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Puttin’ on Your Top Hat: How to Effectively Structure a Deferred Compensation Plan as a “Top Hat” Plan

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“Top hat plans” —non-qualified deferred compensation plans that can be exempt from most of the requirements of Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or ERISA—can be a useful tool for employers looking to provide...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FAQs: UK Employee Equity Incentive Annual Reporting Deadline Approaching

2023/2024 Annual Returns Must Be Filed by July 6, 2024 - Companies operating employee equity incentive arrangements in the United Kingdom, including companies incorporated or registered outside of the United Kingdom, are...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Recent Developments for UK PLCs June Edition 2024

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FCA Issues Reminders on Annual Reporting and LTIP Disclosure Requirements - On 22 May 2024, the FCA published Primary Market Bulletin 49 (PMB 49) reminding listed companies of certain continuing obligations under the...more

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UK Reporting for Share Plans With UK Participants Due 6 July, Change of EMI Option Notification Deadline as of 6 April

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The deadline is approaching for the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) year-end reporting requirements for companies in the UK, US and elsewhere with share options and other share awards granted to – and share acquisitions by – UK...more

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Unlocking the Potential of Phantom Equity: Incentive and Compensation Strategies to Attract and Retain Top Talent

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Navigating the landscape of employee incentives can be complex, particularly when exploring non-traditional compensation methods. Phantom stock, also known as synthetic equity, offers a unique solution for business owners...more

Clark Hill PLC

[Webinar] Using Equity/Ownership Incentives to Retain Key Employees - February 29th, 9:00 am PT

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This webinar will provide an overview of how to evaluate and implement strategies to retain your key employees and executives using equity based incentives. Join Clark Hill attorneys Jim Brophy, Brad Oxford, and Luke Bailey...more

Tonkon Torp LLP

How to Best Prepare Your Business for a Successful Sale

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A potential business sale transaction can be an exciting time for a business owner. The sale represents pay-off for years, or even decades, of hard work. However, it’s seldom a simple process. A successful merger and...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Employers Must Beware Of Year-End Wage Hour Issues/Landmines!

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I read an interesting post by Sara Zorich of Amundsen Davis concerning the year-end wage hour issues that employers must deal with, and I agree with the concepts set forth in that article. There are a number of implications...more

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Happy Employee Ownership Month!

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October is Employee Ownership Month. Employee ownership can take many forms, from 100% employee ownership through an ESOP or a cooperative to synthetic equity plans where no actual equity is sold, but employees participate...more

BCLP

UK HR Two Minute Monthly: September 2023

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Our September update includes cases on whether a transgender employee was discriminated against for being subject to a “gender specific” insult, the extent to which employers should enquire about employees’ disabilities in...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

DJC Op-Ed: Affordable Benefit Ideas to Help Employers Increase Worker Retention

Any employers muddling through the most confounding labor shortage the construction industry has seen in decades probably have already seen dozens of articles with advice on how to best attract, incentivize, and retain...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Employment Flash - July 2023

UK Government Plans To Limit Duration of Non-Compete Restrictions in Employment Agreements to Three Months - As part of efforts to increase the competitiveness of UK firms in global markets and promote their growth, the UK...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Be cautious: The employee retention credit is valuable, but be on the lookout for bad advice

Buckingham Attorney and Taxation Practice Group Chair Rich Fry was featured in an article that appeared in the July 2023 issue of Smart Business, written by Adam Burroughs. The employee retention credit (ERC) was a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Executive Compensation: Considerations for UK Companies for the 2023 Voting Season

U.K. institutional investor bodies, including the Investment Association (IA), Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) and Glass, Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis) recently published...more

Allen Matkins

PropTech Update -December 2022

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Investment in low-carbon construction technology surpassed $2 billion this year as the building industry seeks ways to lower its emissions imprint in a way that could include one day storing a significant amount of the...more

Tonkon Torp LLP

How to Shape a Successful Business Sale

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A potential business sale transaction can be an exciting time for a business owner. The sale represents pay-off for all the hard work over years or even decades. However, it’s seldom a simple process....more

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The Benefits of Sabbaticals: Attracting and Retaining Employees

The latest idea for attracting and retaining employees in this post-COVID-19–pandemic era of the Great Resignation and “quiet quitting” is one that was usually limited to professors in higher education: the sabbatical. ...more

Whitcomb Selinsky, PC

[Webinar] Attracting (and Keeping) Top Talent: Employee Ownership vs. Profit Sharing - December 8th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm MST

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"Attracting (and Keeping) Top Talent: Employee Ownership vs. Profit Sharing" details employee ownership versus profit sharing, competitive offers for hiring long-term talent, and how you can stand out during a nationwide...more

The Volkov Law Group

Incentives and Disincentives as the New Engine of Effective Compliance (Part I of III)

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Some were surprised by the recent move by the Department of Justice in focusing on the importance of incentives and disincentives as an important factor in an effective ethics and compliance program. Others, however, had been...more

Williams Mullen

[Webinar] Ideas for Businesses to Navigate Economic Uncertainty - October 25th, 8:30 am - 11:00 am ET

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...join us for Ideas for Businesses to Navigate Economic Uncertainty, a webinar comprised of brief - only 15 minutes each! - presentations tailored to meet the needs of senior executives and leaders of in-house legal...more

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The Rising Costs Of Inflation: Can Employers Become Superheroes To Help Employees Combat Ever-Increasing Prices?

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Flexible Work Schedules - Flexible work schedules permit employees to have a certain degree of control over their day-to-day schedule, allowing them to choose the working hours that best suit their needs. For example,...more

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Contingent Workers Abroad: Issues and Obstacles for Incentivizing International Workforces

​​​​​​​While a global contingent workforce may be an extension of a company’s internal workforce for all practical purposes, legally, it is a separate and distinct group of nonemployees. That can create a number of obstacles...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Perfect Attendance Awards: How to Navigate Them Perfectly

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What is one of the key ways to promote good attendance? For many employers, it is by implementing a perfect attendance award bonus for employees who work for a month or a quarter without missing any scheduled work days...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Is Your Business Prepared for the Legal Risks of the Company Picnic?

With the arrival of summer, employers may be planning summer activities and offering other benefits or incentives to their employees. Manufacturers, whose employees have been frontline workers for over two years, may be...more

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CEO Self-Evaluation: To Thine Own Self (Assessment) Be True

“Report cards” may bring to mind evaluating middle school students, not CEOs of multi-billion dollar companies. But over the last decade, some companies have adopted a CEO “self-assessment” for evaluating the performance of...more

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