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19.04.22

Corporate Britain and Covid-19: Fewer than half of large UK companies cut executive pay in response to Covid-19

Report by The Open University, University of Nottingham, Western University and the High Pay Centre think tank examines the corporate response to Covid-19.

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24.03.22

High Pay Centre briefing: Pension saver views on the social and environmental impact of investments

Polling shows the vast majority of people want their pension fund to reflect their ethical values and beliefs.

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07.03.22

How do companies report on their ‘most important asset’? Workforce reporting in the FTSE 100

Majority of FTSE 100 firms don’t provide data on skill investment, workforce diversity or employee wellbeing in their annual reports.

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10.01.22

Who benefits from returns to shareholders?

New research from HPC, the TUC and Common Wealth highlights how little most people gain from dividends and share buybacks.

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07.11.21

Are bonus payments and Long Term Incentive Plans fair and proportionate rewards and incentives for business leaders?

Our analysis of annual bonus payments and long-term incentive plans (LTIPs) calls into question their value, when they almost always pay out, and typically pay out at a very high amount indeed.

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18.08.21

CEO pay survey 2021: Median FTSE 100 CEO now paid £2.69 million

Annual HPC survey examines how the pandemic has affected top pay Our new report shows that the median FTSE 100 CEO was paid £2.69 million in 2020, 86 times the median full-time worker in the…

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28.07.21

Role of the RemCo: How to achieve good governance of pay, people and culture

High Pay Centre and CIPD research offers practical guidance to HR leaders and board members on how to improve their people and pay governance through RemCo reform and the inclusion of the workforce in the…

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13.05.21

Using pay ratio disclosures to inform ESG strategies and stewardship practices

A High Pay Centre briefing on how investors can use the new pay ratio disclosures in UK-listed companies’ annual reports

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02.05.21

Fairer pay, worker voice and better business – the role for subnational authorities

Ahead of the local and mayoral elections, we call on candidates to use their powers to tackle pay inequality and give workers more control over their working lives.

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20.04.21

Compliance with reporting of pay ratio requirements

A letter to the Financial Reporting Council

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16.12.20

Pay ratios and the FTSE 350: an analysis of the first disclosures

Our analysis of the first ‘pay ratio’ reports finds some limitations to the disclosures, but also provides insights into low pay and inequality across corporate Britain.

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03.12.20

CEO pay and the workforce: how employee matters impact performance-related pay in the FTSE 100

High Pay Centre and CIPD analysis shows that despite an increasing interest in ESG factors, performance-related pay for FTSE 100 CEOs is still primarily based on financial returns to shareholders rather than the needs of…

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