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Tweet[IWS] Towers Watson: EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT BENEFITS: Recent Actions and Design Considerations--United States 2013 [31 March 2014]
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
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Towers Watson
EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT BENEFITS: Survey of Executive Retirement Benefit Practices — Benefits Data Source
Recent Actions and Design Considerations--United States 2013
Survey of Executive Retirement Benefits Practices
or
http://www.towerswatson.com/DownloadMedia.aspx?media={2FE78282-E601-4FAD-BAFA-E20D3C537318}
[full-text, 20 pages]
• On average, executive benefit plans deliver an additional 5% to 7% of earnings in annual retirement income to a mid-level executive.
• About half of organizations that sponsor employer-paid nonqualified plans offer only pure restoration executive benefits.
The spotlight on executive rewards — salary, annual bonus, long-term incentives and benefits — continues to be strong. The variety of enhanced disclosures enacted in recent years, along with sustained and in-depth scrutiny from shareholders and regulators, continue to put pressure on compensation committees to appropriately evaluate and justify each element of compensation.
Towers Watson's latest study of 352 U.S. organizations' executive retirement benefit practices sheds light on the current state, and compares it to our 2009 and 2011 findings. This report provides data related to nonqualified retirement plans — including types of plans, the level of benefits provided to a typical executive and the prevalence of key benefit provisions.
Press Release 31 March 2014
Study Explores the Continuing Evolution of Executive Retirement Benefit Arrangements
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