Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York State issued regulations that would require the top wage earners of human service and health care agencies to apply for a waiver to justify their compensation if they earn more than \($199,000\) per year and if their pay is in the upper 25 percent of compensation paid to executives in similar operations. The regulations apply to for-profit and nonprofit organizations that receive at least \($500,000\) in state funds and receive at least 30 percent of their revenue from the state. Executives earning more than \($199,000\) could be paid from nonstate funds as long as they were in the seventy-fifth percentile for comparable operations. The rule applies to organizations that get funding from any one of thirteen state agencies: Department of Agriculture and Markets Department of Criminal Justice Services Department of Correction and Community Supervision Department of Health Department of State Division of Housing and Community Renewal State Office for the Aging Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services Office of Children and Family Services Office of Mental Health Office for People with Developmental Disabilities Office for Temporary Disability Assistance Office for Victims Services 

1. If you were a board member on the HRM committee of a human service or health care organization in New York State, what factors would you use to determine an equitable level of compensation for the executive staff?
2. What strategies would you implement to see that all of the staff are paid fairly?