Are Your Companies Worker's Comp Premiums Impacted by Stock Option Values?

Saw this article and thought I would reach to see if ECE members have this issue...\

For years companies have paid senior executives a large portion of their
total annual compensation in performance bonuses, stock grants and
options for future shares.

Now many companies are adding bonuses and incentive pay such as stock
options to the compensation packages of middle managers, and in some
industries lower- level employees. Although this compensation trend
helps attract and retain skilled workers, it can have the unintended
effect of increasing firms' workers compensation premiums, experts say.

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http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20140608/NEWS08/306089974