| Description |
1 online resource (101 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- About the authors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Good practice when appointing CEOs and other senior executives -- Introduction -- Good practice guidelines -- Australian guidance -- Planning stage -- Search process -- Negotiation phase -- Framework for dealing with executive remuneration issues -- Remuneration committee -- Interacting with external advisers -- Elements of remuneration contracts -- Sign-on fees -- Choice of performance measures -- Alignment with interests of shareholders over the long term |
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Hedging arrangements -- Mechanisms to minimise unexpected results -- Notice periods and termination payments -- Summary -- Chapter Two: Pre-contract issues -- Introduction -- Role of recruitment consultants and pre-employment representations -- Position and reporting structure -- Remuneration -- The constitution -- The negotiation process -- Legal and financial advice and documentation -- Pre-employment checks and references -- Reference checks -- Privacy -- Anti-discrimination -- Summary -- Chapter Three: Remuneration and other benefits -- Introduction -- Legislative entitlements |
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Executives compared to other employees -- Considerations in setting remuneration -- The 'Two Strikes' Rule -- Components of executive remuneration -- Salary -- Superannuation -- Incentive plans/rules -- Bonus -- Other incentives -- 'Handcuffs' and 'Handshakes' -- Review of remuneration and benefits -- Summary -- Chapter Four: Other usual terms of executive employment -- Introduction -- Sources of the terms of the contract of employment -- Minimum legislative entitlements -- Maximum weekly hours of work -- Request for flexible working arrangements -- Parental leave and related entitlements |
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Annual leave -- Personal leave and compassionate leave -- Community service leave -- Long service leave -- Taking versus paying out leave -- Public holidays -- Notice of termination -- Redundancy -- Fair Work Information Statement -- Term -- Location -- Probation -- Company policies -- Dispute resolution -- Implied terms -- Implied duties of the employee -- Implied duties of the employer -- Mutual duties of both the employer and the employee -- The duty of mutual trust and confidence -- The duty to provide reasonable notice -- Summary -- Chapter Five: Protection of business interests |
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Introduction -- Confidential information -- What is confidential information? -- Express contractual terms -- Equitable duty of confidence -- Breach of fiduciary duty -- Corporations legislation -- Intellectual Property -- Post-employment restrictions on conduct ('restraints of trade') -- General -- Are restraints enforceable? -- Drafting restraint clauses -- Remedies -- Summary -- Chapter Six: Cessation of executive employment -- Introduction -- Fixed term -- Maximum term -- Continuing term -- Minimum notice periods -- Executives -- Garden leave -- Summary of immediate termination for misconduct |
| Summary |
For chairs and other board members, this book offers guidance on good practice in preparing CEO and other executive employment agreements |
| Notes |
Issued also in printed form |
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Mode of access: Internet. Available from the publisher's home page: http://www.companydirectors.com.au |
| Subject |
Meetings -- Australia -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Meetings.
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Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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| ISBN |
9781876604219 |
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1876604212 |
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9781876604202 |
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1876604204 |
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