4. Salary and Bonus

"Get to know God in prosperity
so God will know you in adversity."
Muslim Proverb


Read our Newsletters and Q & A’s:

i. Salary

  1. NL 1: “What Salary Do You Seek?” The Four Smartest Responses
  2. NL 2: “Want a Raise? – Here’s How to Ask”
  3. QA 1: “If a job offers a certain pay, can I negotiate that?”
  4. QA 2: “My raise was tiny. Illegal discrimination, or legal cost-cutting?”
  5. QA 3: “Can an employer lay off an employee and then hire him or her back at a reduced salary?”
  6. QA 4: “What recourse do we have after our employer has reduced salaries 10% across the board?”
  7. QA 5: Payment in Cash, and Penalty for Resigning: Is this Legal?

ii. Bonus

  1. NL 1: Bonus or Raise Disappointing? Consider These Alternative Forms of “Compensation”
  2. NL 2: It’s September: Time to Set Your Boss’s Expectations for Your Year-End-Bonus
  3. NL 3: “Bonus Disappointing? – Here’s How to Respond”
  4. NL 4: “Job Offer On the Way? – Consider Asking for a Sign-On Bonus”
  5. NL 5: “Responding to a Retention Bonus Offer” – Ten Wise Steps”
  6. QA 1: “Bonus was paid to others after I left; any recourse?”
  7. QA 2: “Can my bonus plan be changed due to a supposed mistake, after agreed to in a contract?”
  8. QA 3: “If I resign after 9 months of the year, how can I still get my yearly bonus?”
  9. QA 4: “If laid off near year-end, am I entitled to partial bonus?”
  10. QA 5: “Is sign-on bonus repayment to an employer ‘before taxes’ or ‘after taxes’?”
  11. QA 6: “Should I get extra compensation for extra services and extra success by my employer?”
  12. QA 7: “Can I sue for not getting paid a ‘discretionary’ bonus?”
  13. QA 8: “If I give in my notice of resignation, effective in two weeks, and bonuses are due in one week, can I lose my bonus?”
  14. QA 9: Been laid off. If last year’s bonus is denied, can I sue?
  15. QA 10: “Any way I can get a ‘success bonus’ for helping attract a buyer for my company?”
  16. QA 11: “To get to ‘bonus day,’ can I use vacation days?”
  17. WD 1: Clawback – Key Words & Phrases
  18. WD 2: Good Leaver – Key Words & Phrases
  19. WD 3: Malus Payment – Key Words & Phrases
  20. WD 4: Voluntary – Key Words & Phrases



“If you live your life the right way,
your later years will not be a winter,
but rather a harvest.”

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