Past events
The High Pay Centre host a range of large and small events to inform the debate on issues surrounding pay inequality and business reform.
Working 9 to 5. What will pay ratio reporting mean? Will it change anything?
London , Wednesday 19 February 2020
Curbing top pay: Does making the rich poorer make the poor richer?
London , Wednesday 13 November 2019
What next on top pay? Reflections on recent trends in executive pay
London , Wednesday 18 September 2019
Women at work - designing a company fit for the future
London , Wednesday 3 July 2019
Hidden Talent Part 2 launch: has workforce reporting by the FTSE 100 improved?
London , Tuesday 2 April 2019
THE FUTURE OF THE REMUNERATION COMMITTEE IN A NEW ERA OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
London, Tuesday 5 February 2019
Book Launch: ‘Are Chief Executives overpaid?’ by High Pay Centre founder Deborah Hargreaves
London, Thursday 11 October 2018
The reality of the gig economy - event with writer James Bloodworth
London, Friday 29 June 2018
Ownerless corporations, shareholder committees and the RBS AGM
London, Monday 21 May 2018
Head-hunters and high pay: part of the problem or part of the solution?
London, Tuesday 15 March 2016
High Pay Centre Half Day Conference - A Sense of Proportion: The Case for Pay Ratios
London , Wednesday 25 November 2015
New Pay Regulations: Two Years On – with Vince Cable
London , Tuesday 20 October 2015
SNP Conference Fringe Event: SNP: A catalyst for fairer pay?
Aberdeen, Thursday 15 October 2015
Labour Party Conference Fringe: Is tackling excessive top pay anti-business?
Brighton, Tuesday 29 September 2015
Thinking High and Low: Exploring Pay Disparities in Society
London, Tuesday 1 September 2015
High Pay Centre Half-Day Conference: Reforming Performance Pay
London, Wednesday 13 May 2015
Lunch with the Authors: Eva Tutchell and John Edmonds and Their Book Man-Made
London, Monday 20 April 2015
A Force for Fairness – How could the EU Combat Inequality in Britain?
, Wednesday 15 April 2015
Made to Measure: How Opinion about Executive Performance Becomes Fact
London, Wednesday 18 March 2015
The Future of Executive Remuneration: The State of Pay and What Future Business Leaders Think
London, Wednesday 4 February 2015
An Evening with the Author: Professor Colin Mayer and his book Firm Commitment
London, Thursday 22 January 2015
Performance Review: A Collection of Essays Examining Performance-Related Pay
London, Monday 3 November 2014
Luncheon Series Examining Corporate Power - Lobbying
London, Tuesday 21 October 2014
Luncheon Series Examining Corporate Power - Tax Avoidance
London, Thursday 18 September 2014
Luncheon Series Examining Corporate Power - Business Practices
London, Wednesday 10 September 2014
Video Launch: The Effect of Excessive Top Pay on Income Inequality in the UK
London, Monday 12 May 2014
The Road to Recovery: A Conversation with the Author - Andrew Smithers
London, Thursday 6 March 2014
The High Price of High Pay: Pay Ratios within UK Firms
London, Tuesday 21 January 2014
Does the Cap fit? Will the EU Bankers Bonus cap help solve the problems with Banking?
London, Tuesday 10 December 2013
Free Conference: Pay for performance - Does it work?
London, Monday 11 November 2013
The Corporate Conquest: How should policymakers respond to economic leakage from the North East?
Newcastle upon Tyne, Friday 25 October 2013
The Big Pay Debate: Can the Conservatives be the party of fair pay? - Conservative Party Conference
Manchester, Tuesday 1 October 2013
The Big Pay Debate: How do we create a fairer system of pay? - Labour Party Conference 2013
Brighton, Monday 23 September 2013
‘The new corporate state’: Who exercises the real power: governments or corporations?
London, Monday 9 September 2013
No More Than We Deserve: The rights & wrongs of high & low pay
London, Monday 15 April 2013
The Kay Review of Equity markets and long-term decision making
London, Monday 11 March 2013
Paid to Perform? - What do we want business leaders to achieve?
London, Wednesday 16 January 2013
The State of Pay - Review of 2012 developments and implications for the future
London, Monday 17 December 2012
Business in Crisis: How to restore public trust in companies - Conservative Party Conference
Birmingham, Tuesday 9 October 2012
Crisis in Capitalism: How can we restore trust in our companies? - Labour Party Conference
Manchester, Monday 1 October 2012
Overcoming Crisis: How to move towards a more ethical capitalism - Liberal Democrat Party Conference
Brighton, Monday 24 September 2012
Business Behaving Badly: Who can hold companies to account?
London, Tuesday 4 September 2012
High Pay Centre Event: Shareholder Spring - A very capitalist revolution?
London, Monday 9 July 2012
Worker representation on boards: lessons from the German model
London, Wednesday 21 March 2012
Income inequality in the UK
Video: A CEO takes home more in three days than an employee earns in a year
Wealth inequality in the UK
Video: How the gap between the richest and the rest has widened over 30 years
Recently added
- High Pay Centre Briefing: Corporate Response to the Economic Shutdown
At least 18% of FTSE 100 firms are using the UK Government's furlough scheme. 37% have cut executive pay and 33% are withdrawing or withholding dividend payments - Blog: we can’t do more for low-paid workers without tackling excess pay at the top
recognition of low-paid workers is welcome, but for things to change, we need tough choices not warm words. Changes to corporate governance structures, stronger trade union rights and more progressive taxation - Conditions are critical: publicly-funded bail-outs for private companies
Government bail-outs of large businesses affected by the coronavirus must include social and environmental conditions including fair pay, fair tax contributions and worker representation on company boards
