J. Salary, Bonus, Compensation
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(Note: Commissions are addressed in Section S)
i. Salary
- NL 1: “What Salary Do You Seek?” The Four Smartest Responses
- QA 1: Payment in Cash, and Penalty for Resigning: Is this Legal?
- QA 2: “What recourse do we have after our employer has reduced salaries 10% across the board?”
- QA 3: “Can an employer lay off an employee and then hire him or her back at a reduced salary?”
- QA 4: “If a job offers a certain pay, can I negotiate that?”
ii. Bonus
- NL 1: It’s September: Time to Set Your Boss’s Expectations for Your Year-End-Bonus
- NL 2: Bonus or Raise Disappointing? Consider These Alternative Forms of “Compensation”
- QA 1: Been laid off. If last year’s bonus is denied, can I sue?
- QA 2: “If I give in my notice of resignation, effective in two weeks, and bonuses are due in one week, can I lose my bonus?”
- QA 3: “Any way I can get a ‘success bonus’ for helping attract a buyer for my company?”
- QA 4: “Can I sue for not getting paid a ‘discretionary’ bonus?”
- QA 5: “To get to ‘bonus day,’ can I use vacation days?”
- QA 6: “Is sign-on bonus repayment to an employer ‘before taxes’ or ‘after taxes’?”
- QA 7: “Should I get extra compensation for extra services and extra success by my employer?”
- QA 8: “If I resign after 9 months of the year, how can I still get my yearly bonus?”
- QA 9: “If laid off near year-end, am I entitled to partial bonus?”
- QA 10: “Bonus was paid to others after I left; any recourse?”
- WD 1: Clawback – Key Words & Phrases
iii. Miscellaneous Compensation
- NL 1: Commissions: What Happens When You Leave?
- NL 2: Four Key Trends in Executive Compensation
- NL 3: Hey, it’s August . . . Time to Put Together This Year’s “Achievement Scorecard”
- QA 1: “What should I do if the raise offered is insufficient?”
- QA 2: “Can an employer change a compensation plan retroactively?”
- QA 3: “Commission and Sales Bonus Plans: Read them or it will cost you.”
- QA 4: “Can my employer simply reduce compensation promised in my offer letter?”
- QA 5: “If I am not paid commissions due me, is my non-compete still valid?”
- QA 6: “If my boss approves a payment to me in error, am I entitled to receive it?”
- QA 7: “Can my employer lower my pay starting two weeks ago, without telling me?”
- QA 8: “I don’t get paid for cancelled appointments, although the company is. Should I?”
- QA 9: “Sales compensation plans: are there limits on when and how they can be changed?”
- WD 1: Recoupable – Key Words & Phrases
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