Compensation news and trends

Salesforce Acquires Spiff to Improve Compensation Planning
Acquisitions // December 19, 2023

Salesforce is set to acquire incentive compensation management software Spiff. The deal, announced Tuesday (Dec. 19), will make Spiff part of Salesforce’s Sales Cloud to improve the company’s sales performance management solutions. “CROs and financial leaders know the importance of compensation in driving rep behavior....

Uber and Lyft to Pay $328 Million Settlement for Withholding Driver Pay
Gig Economy // November 02, 2023

Uber and Lyft will pay a combined settlement of $328 million after multi-year investigations into their practices by the New York State Attorney General. The investigations found that the companies withheld pay from drivers, deducting sales taxes and fees that should have been paid by...

How CFOs Balance Higher Comp Costs With Their Bottom Lines
Commercial Payments // August 17, 2023

It is important to remember that people are a company’s biggest asset. A winning employee workforce can make or break any firm’s success by helping an organization unlock the full value of its business, and companies around the world are increasingly recognizing the significance of...

Publishing Class-Action Cases Spells Trouble Ahead for Google in UK, EU
Google // September 18, 2022

U.K. newspapers have this week been reporting that the law firm Humphries Kerstetter is planning to bring a class action case against Google in the next month, with a similar lawsuit being filed in parallel by lawyers in the EU. The allegations against Google will...

Interviews & Exclusives
Will Consumers Want To Monetize Their Own Data?

March 18, 2019
If headlines are any indication, data breaches have made off with consumers’ most sensitive bits of information, such as Social Security numbers, credit card info and bank details. Advertisers pay Facebook to display targeted ads, and Facebook shares data (though it maintains it doesn’t sell it). On and on it goes — and it seems, […]

Quick Reads
U.S. Labor Costs Grow as Workers’ Wages Climb

April 30, 2024
American labor costs rose more than anticipated last quarter, new government data shows. The Employment Cost Index (ECI), a measure of wages and benefits, climbed 1.2% last quarter after increasing by an unrevised 0.9% during the last three months of 2023, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday (April 30). Wage growth was more pronounced year-over-year, with […]

Salesforce Acquires Spiff to Improve Compensation Planning

December 19, 2023
Salesforce is set to acquire incentive compensation management software Spiff. The deal, announced Tuesday (Dec. 19), will make Spiff part of Salesforce’s Sales Cloud to improve the company’s sales performance...

Uber and Lyft to Pay $328 Million Settlement for Withholding Driver Pay

November 02, 2023
Uber and Lyft will pay a combined settlement of $328 million after multi-year investigations into their practices by the New York State Attorney General. The investigations found that the companies...

Uber To Provide Compensation For Drivers Affected By Coronavirus

March 16, 2020
Uber has announced that it is going to provide compensation for drivers directly affected by the coronavirus, which would include a diagnosis or being in an area of quarantine, the...