Understand stock compensation, its types and benefits, and learn about vesting schedules to make informed decisions on employee stock options.

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Share-based compensation gives a company's employees equity ownership rights. The objective of share compensation is to align the interests of employees, management and shareholders. The reasoning is ...

Compensation applies in at least three different ways under the IRC when addressing nondiscrimination requirements for qualified plans. First, when plans are tested for prohibited discrimination in ...

Executive compensation is how a company’s top leaders are paid. Examples include salaries, incentives, benefits, or stock ownership programs. Executive compensation examines how a company’s top ...