Mississippi Business Journal » compensation http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:02:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Council adopts new formula to set employees’ salaries http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/19/council-adopts-new-formula-to-set-employees-salaries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=council-adopts-new-formula-to-set-employees-salaries http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/19/council-adopts-new-formula-to-set-employees-salaries/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:20:33 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=67085 PASCAGOULA — The Pascagoula City Council has approved a new approach to determine the salaries for city employees to go into effect in 2013. The Sun Herald reports the new plan will base salary off of the jobs’ values rather than the people fulfilling those positions. In a study that compared Pascagoula’s city employees’ salaries [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/19/council-adopts-new-formula-to-set-employees-salaries/feed/ 0 Can governor’s teacher-pay plan depend on supplemental salaries? http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/21/can-governors-teacher-pay-plan-depend-on-supplemental-salaries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-governors-teacher-pay-plan-depend-on-supplemental-salaries http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/21/can-governors-teacher-pay-plan-depend-on-supplemental-salaries/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:19:19 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=61546 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — If Gov. Phil Bryant depends on supplemental salaries paid by local school boards to finance his performance pay plan for teachers, it will vary widely from district to district. The supplemental pay local school districts provide teachers — on top of their standardized state salaries — ranges from a high of $7,575 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/21/can-governors-teacher-pay-plan-depend-on-supplemental-salaries/feed/ 0 Lawmakers urging SEC to appeal decision over Stanford victims’ compensation http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/03/lawmakers-urging-sec-to-appeal-decision-over-stanford-vistims-compensation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lawmakers-urging-sec-to-appeal-decision-over-stanford-vistims-compensation http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/03/lawmakers-urging-sec-to-appeal-decision-over-stanford-vistims-compensation/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:57:22 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=60578 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is supporting a legal appeal to try to overturn a federal court ruling that would deny compensation to victims of the multi-billion fraud perpetrated by the Stanford Financial Group. Cochran is one of 14 senators who have signed a letter encouraging Mary Schapiro, chairwoman of the Securities and [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/03/lawmakers-urging-sec-to-appeal-decision-over-stanford-vistims-compensation/feed/ 0 MDA director’s salary bill passes; sent to governor’s desk http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/11/mda-directors-salary-bill-passes-sent-to-governors-desk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mda-directors-salary-bill-passes-sent-to-governors-desk http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/11/mda-directors-salary-bill-passes-sent-to-governors-desk/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:54:52 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=55591 JACKSON — Private donors could again boost the salary of Mississippi’s state economic development director, under a plan that House members sent to Gov. Phil Bryant today. The House agreed to changes that the Senate made in House Bill 1349, allowing donations to increase pay to the chief of the Mississippi Development Authority. Right now, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/11/mda-directors-salary-bill-passes-sent-to-governors-desk/feed/ 1 Senate bill allows MDA chief to be paid with private-sector funds http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/05/senate-bill-allows-mda-chief-to-be-paid-with-private-sector-funds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=senate-bill-allows-mda-chief-to-be-paid-with-private-sector-funds http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/05/senate-bill-allows-mda-chief-to-be-paid-with-private-sector-funds/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:13:07 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=55354 JACKSON — The Senate has passed a bill to allow the director of the Mississippi Development Authority to be paid with money raised from private entities. The bill does not cap the MDA director’s salary. If the salary exceeds 150 percent of the governor’s salary, only the portion below that amount would be paid with [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/05/senate-bill-allows-mda-chief-to-be-paid-with-private-sector-funds/feed/ 0 Lawmakers approve legislation increasing salaries of judges, prosecutors http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/05/lawmakers-approve-legislation-increasing-salaries-of-judges-prosecutors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lawmakers-approve-legislation-increasing-salaries-of-judges-prosecutors http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/05/lawmakers-approve-legislation-increasing-salaries-of-judges-prosecutors/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:36:28 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=55328 JACKSON — The Mississippi Senate yesterday gave final approval to a bill that would increase the salaries of judges and prosecutors. The measure would increase the salaries incrementally over four years. Money for the judges’ raises would come from increasing filing fees in civil and appellate courts. Raises for district attorneys and assistant district attorneys [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/05/lawmakers-approve-legislation-increasing-salaries-of-judges-prosecutors/feed/ 1 TVA top managers make more than members of Congress http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/26/tva-top-managers-make-more-than-members-of-congress/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tva-top-managers-make-more-than-members-of-congress http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/26/tva-top-managers-make-more-than-members-of-congress/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:31:12 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=54732 NORTH MISSISSIPPI — Top managers at the Tennessee Valley Authority now make more than members of Congress, who are paid $174,000 annually. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports TVA is paying out nearly $30 million a year more for 155 of its top leaders since Congress removed salary limits at the federal utility in 2004. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/26/tva-top-managers-make-more-than-members-of-congress/feed/ 4 Senate OKs states receiving oil spill funds; Feinberg tenure as administrator ending http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/08/judge-oks-process-to-relieve-feinberg-of-oil-spill-fun-administrator/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=judge-oks-process-to-relieve-feinberg-of-oil-spill-fun-administrator http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/08/judge-oks-process-to-relieve-feinberg-of-oil-spill-fun-administrator/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:09:25 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=53698 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Senate has approved using the bulk of water pollution fines stemming from the 2010 Gulf oil spill to pay for restoration in five Gulf states. The BP oil company could be fined $5.4 billion to $21.1 billion under the Clean Water Act, depending on whether it’s found grossly negligent. The [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/08/judge-oks-process-to-relieve-feinberg-of-oil-spill-fun-administrator/feed/ 0 House approves legislation to give judges, prosecutors higher salaries http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/08/house-approves-legislation-to-give-judges-prosecutors-higher-salaries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=house-approves-legislation-to-give-judges-prosecutors-higher-salaries http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/08/house-approves-legislation-to-give-judges-prosecutors-higher-salaries/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:35:23 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=53709 JACKSON — Judges and prosecutors would get pay raises over four years, under a plan the Mississippi House passed yesterday. Mississippi’s circuit and chancery judges currently make $104,000 a year. The bill would increase their pay in four annual steps to $136,000 a year by 2016. Pay would also increase for district attorneys, appellate judges [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/08/house-approves-legislation-to-give-judges-prosecutors-higher-salaries/feed/ 2 State House passes judicial pay raise legislation http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/08/state-house-passes-judicial-pay-raise-legislation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-house-passes-judicial-pay-raise-legislation http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/08/state-house-passes-judicial-pay-raise-legislation/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:09:04 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=53685 JACKSON — Judges and prosecutors would get pay raises over four years, under a plan the Mississippi House passed yesterday. Mississippi’s circuit and chancery judges currently make $104,000 a year. The bill would increase their pay in four annual steps to $136,000 a year by 2016. Pay would also increase for district attorneys, appellate judges [...]

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