But although Apple offered refunds on a case-by-case basis, it did not publicise an official compensation policy.

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Companies need to state clearly what they are tying to achieve with their compensation policy, what targets executives are expected to meet and what the rewards will be for hitting those targets.

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Subsequently, the compensation policy was refined.

BBC: Budget 2013: More Equitable Life compensation

Wells Fargo's revised policy takes back unpaid compensation awards in the event of misconduct, material error, failure to supervise or in the event the company or an individual executive's business group has a material downturn in financial performance or failure of risk management.

WSJ: Banks Bow to New York on Clawbacks

Still, the introduction of such provisions has been fairly widespread, even beyond Wall Street, with Dodd Frank regulations requiring the SEC to adopt rules that prohibit companies from listing on the national security exchanges if they fail to implement a clawback policy on incentive-based compensation.

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After the speech, he rode back to the Capitol and met privately with House Republicans to discuss one of the policies he had emphasized: a policy that would allow workers to convert overtime compensation into time off.

NEWYORKER: The House of Pain

Some claimants never even had a loan, let alone a PPI policy, with the banks who receive demands for compensation, they say.

BBC: PPI: How did the bill ever get so big?

Institutional investors such as Vanguard have recently made it a policy to vote their proxies against directors who serve on compensation committees that continue to give chief executives excessive compensation.

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It would be far better if all compensation was taxed equally at a lower rate, allowing workers to decide how much to spend on what kind of policy.

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Dying of thyroid cancer that had spread to her breast and liver, Sheri spent the last year or so of her life making Idahoans aware of how much fallout the state had received and making Idaho politicians push for compensation for those of their citizens whose lives had been lost, shortened, or made a living hell by federal policy.

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