Events

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30.05.19

Top Dogs and Fatcats: the debate on high pay

Wednesday 8 May 20196:00pm Institute of Economic Affairs 2 Lord North St, Westminster, London SW1P 3LB We were delighted to be asked to contribute to a new book on top pay published by the Institute…

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29.05.19

Women at work – designing a company fit for the future

Wednesday 3 July 20198:30am House of Lords Committee Room G (entrance via Black Rod's Garden entrance - RSVP and identification required)London SW1A 0PW Working patterns and career structures have been set up by men to…

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18.04.19

Hidden Talent Part 2 launch: has workforce reporting by the FTSE 100 improved?

Tuesday 2 April 20198:30am Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association24 Chiswell StreetLondon EC1Y 4TY Speakers: Caroline Escott - Policy Lead: Investment and Stewardship, Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (Chair) Ashley Walsh - Head of Policy and Research,…

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21.12.18

THE FUTURE OF THE REMUNERATION COMMITTEE IN A NEW ERA OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Tuesday 5 February 20198:30am Screening Room, South Wing, Somerset HouseVictoria EmbankmentLondon WC2R 1LA Speakers: Rebecca Long-Bailey - Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Iain Wright - Director of Corporate Governance, Institute of…

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04.09.18

Book Launch: ‘Are Chief Executives overpaid?’ by High Pay Centre founder Deborah Hargreaves

Thursday 11 October 20185:45pm The Wesley Hotel81-103 Euston StreetLondon NW1 2EZ Deborah Hargreaves is founder and former director of the High Pay Centre; she has also worked as business editor of the Guardian and as…

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24.05.18

The reality of the gig economy – event with writer James Bloodworth

Friday 29 June 201812:00pm International Transport Workers Union, 49-60 Borough Road, London SE1 1DR The reality of the gig economy, with James Bloodworth - author of Hired: Six Months Undercover in low-wage Britain Writer James Bloodworth…

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01.05.18

Ownerless corporations, shareholder committees and the RBS AGM

Monday 21 May 20183:00pm Room P, Portcullis HouseBridge Street, WestminsterLondon SW1A 2LW In a 2016 paper for the High Pay Centre, Chris Philp MP argued that listed companies should be required to establish shareholder committees,…

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05.05.16

“Welfare for the wealthy”: a seminar on tax

Thursday 19 May 20161:00pm High Pay Centre32-36 Loman StreetLondon SE1 0EH Amid talk of the tax “burden” and the contribution of the highest earners something is being missed: a discussion of the extensive tax reliefs…

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02.02.16

Head-hunters and high pay: part of the problem or part of the solution?

Tuesday 15 March 201612:00pm High Pay Centre32-36 Loman StreetLondon SE1 0EH Head-hunters play a significant role in the appointment of CEOs to major firms. This event will hear from Max Steuer (LSE), whose recent research…

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16.12.15

High Pay and Inequality: the year ahead

Monday 18 January 201612:30pm High Pay Centre32-36 Loman StreetLondon SE1 0EH A lunchtime discussion with George Magnus (Economist and Author) and Vicky Pryce (Chief Economic Adviser at the CEBR). What will be the pressing issues…

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16.12.15

Does high pay really motivate top executives?

Wednesday 17 February 201612:30pm High Pay Centre32-36 Loman StreetLondon SE1 0EH A talk by Professor Adrian Furnham (UCL and author of The New Psychology of Money) considering the question of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in regard…

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26.10.15

High Pay Centre Half Day Conference – A Sense of Proportion: The Case for Pay Ratios

Wednesday 25 November 201510:00am The Wesley Hotel 81-103 Euston Street London NW1 2EZ The issue of fair pay is becoming impossible to ignore. In August, the USA’s Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a rule that…

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