Issues moving away from narrow committee oversight Board members are shifting narrow oversight of several topics on committees to the full board as urgency rises to handle everything from human capital issues to whistleblower concerns with a complete set of eyes, Agenda’s latest Directors’ and Officers’ Outlook Survey shows. This is a reversal from last…
Comp committees have broadened their areas of concern to include human capital Human capital issues have risen to become a top concern of compensation committees, and with potential new disclosure rules on the horizon, board members have even more reason to ensure that human capital and safety measures are top notch, sources told Agenda. Corporate…
Companies have ramped up their pledges to increase diversity over the last few years, and while they largely may not see these programs as a risk, research shows there has been an uptick in litigation relating to diversity issues filed against U.S. companies since 2020. While experts highlight the many benefits companies reap from increasing…
Shareholder proposals aimed at labor-related issues have more than tripled over the last year, bringing with them additional risks for boards and companies. The growing spotlight on labor could bring battles that unfold on proxies or in court — and a recent Delaware Chancery Court case could further the trend. In 2022, shareholders across all…
Labor-related shareholder proposals are on the rise with initiatives aimed at working conditions more than tripling last year. These resolutions have received a high average rate of support, and investors are maintaining pressure on the subject. Therefore, sources say, directors should view these measures with prudence. …Shareholders filed at least 29 proposals in 2022 related…
With the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) signaling a possible enhanced focus on the social pillar of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives among U.S. public companies and two years after the SEC’s 2020 update to human capital disclosure rules, we analyzed the 10-K filings of Russell 3000 (R3000) companies to see what they…
Roughly a dozen S&P 500 companies expanded the size of their boards during the past three months in order to recruit new directors at companies including Danaher, General Mills, Medtronic and Discover Financial Services. The data comes from public company intelligence provider MyLogIQ. The expansion continues a trend of the past few years in which…
For years, the debate over whether companies pay wages high enough to keep workers above the poverty levels has grown louder and louder. The fruits debate of this includes increases in minimum wages in many states. Additionally, companies like Amazon.com and Walmart have bumped up their lowest hourly pay in an attempt to address the…
Almost no one has heard of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, but it was the highest-paying company in America last year, based on an analysis of S&P 500 companies. The median worker pay for its 470 workers was $295,136, an increase of 90% from 2019. The data on the pay figures comes from MyLogIQ, which provided it…
Employees of Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST 0.45%) and Home Depot Inc. (HD -0.20%) saw demand for their services swell last year as homebound Americans stocked up on food and remodeled their homes. But Costco’s median worker made 16% less in 2020 than in the previous year while Home Depot’s made 21% more. The divergence doesn’t mean one chain paid better than the other. It reflects…
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