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SMITH BARNEY changing pay: The wirehouse is also bringing Citibank's brokers into the fold.
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On Wall Street
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January 1, 2007
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Citigroup's upscale
Smith Barney brokerage unit is examining ways to change how its advisors and sales assistants are paid in order to comply with labor laws, say three independent recruiters.
The new plan reportedly not only reduces payouts to low-end producers, it also uses those savings to offset a special, one-year salary payment to the firm's brokers and assistants.
The change stems from the Smith Barney's $98 million settlement of a class action in which plaintiffs, who were brokers and sales assistants, alleged that they weren't paid for overtime to which they were entitled. Similar lawsuits are now pending against other brokerage giants. In the wake of the ...
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