There continue to be multiple areas of legislative activity to repeal or amend certain provisions of Dodd-Frank, including draft legislation to require employees to communicate internally before making whistleblower claims to the SEC. In March House Republicans announced a bill to eliminate the provision to disclose the ratio between the CEO’s compensation and the median annual total of all employees. Recently the AFL-CIO denounced this attempt to “water-down” Dodd-Frank, expressing their belief that this disclosure would have a “profound impact.” on executive compensation. According to their data, the average total compensation for S&P 500 CEOs is now about 343 times that of the average American worker, up from 42 times in 1980.

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