Clawback Provisions in Executive Employment Agreements. Apr 15, 2011. While negotiating an Executive Employment Agreement on behalf of a publicly reporting client, I recently ran into issues with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the âActâ), which was signed into law in July 2010.
Fewer businesses provide health insurance. Employee health insurance is on the decline, and for small businesses, it's gone from bad to worse. The share of small companies providing insurance plummeted from 47% to 38% between the years 2000 and 2011, according to a report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Ultimate guide to retirement. Not very. The percentage of workers in the private sector whose only retirement account is a defined benefit pension plan is now 4%, down from 60% in the early 1980s. About 14% of companies offer a combination of both types. Meanwhile, the few employers that still offer traditional pensions - typically industries with a strong union presence, such as the airline and auto sectors â have been working overtime to cut deals to either reduce or eliminate their plans.