Top Pay Issues

Pearl Meyer & Partners presents their annual look at the Top 10 executive pay and governance issues in 2010:

Revisit Your Executive Compensation Strategy and Philosophy
Address Possible “Red Flag” Compensation Practices
Validate and, Where Needed, Strengthen Pay-for-Performance Relationships
Expand Assessment of Compensation-Related Risk
Review Long-Term Incentive Program Design
Adopt an Enforceable Clawback Policy
Reconsider the Need for Employment Contracts and Severance Agreements
Improve Proxy Disclosure in Preparation for “Say on Pay”
Create a More Rigorous CEO Evaluation Process
Evaluate the Adequacy and Independence of Compensation Advice