Publications

23.07.14

Cheques and the City: pay for top lawyers and accountants

New report from the High Pay Centre highlights the extent of multi-million pound pay packages at 'big 4' accountancy partnerships and 'magic circle' law firms Our new report shows how an estimated 1,370 top lawyers…

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14.07.14

Reform Agenda: How to make top pay fairer

New report from High Pay Centre outlines policies to tackle excessive executive pay The Government should consider requiring companies to cap executive pay at a fixed multiple of their lowest-paid employee, according to a new…

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Publications

16.06.14

What would the neighbours say? How inequality means the UK is poorer than we think

Analysis of OECD figures suggests the poorest fifth of the UK population are the poorest in Western Europe The poorest fifth of the UK population are significantly worse off than the poorest fifth in other…

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Publications

02.06.14

High Pay Centre briefing: The effect of executive pay reforms

HPC analysis of the first executive pay awards made following Government reforms in 2013 Regulations introduced by the Coalition Government to reduce the runaway growth of executive pay have had little effect, according to new…

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Publications

09.05.14

The customer is always right: how to reduce executive rewards with procurement contracts

Government could use its power as a purchaser of outsourced services to demand executive pay restraint The size of the 'outsourcing market' for public services contracted by the state and delivered by private companies is…

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18.03.14

Winners and Losers: the great privatisation game

Who has benefited from the Government's privatisation programme: the public or top executives? Over the past 30 years, the UK has transferred billions of pounds worth of assets from the public to the private sector.…

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Publications

20.01.14

The High Cost of High Pay: Unequal workplaces suffer more strikes and higher staff turnover

High Pay Centre analysis shows hidden cost of big pay differentials within organisations Workplaces with big pay gaps between the highest and lowest wage earners suffer more industrial disputes, more sickness and higher staff turnover…

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Publications

04.12.13

One Law for them: How big companies flout rules on executive pay

New High Pay Centre research suggests top companies are ignoring rules requiring them to relate executive pay to pay for ordinary workers A new report from the High Pay Centre published this week shows how…

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Publications

22.10.13

The Corporate Conquest: How big companies suck money out of the North East

New report highlights shows how big companies create an unbalanced economy outside London NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE FUELLED BY BIG CORPORATIONS, WARNS NEW REPORTWEALTH SUCKED OUT OF NORTH EAST AS LOW WAGES FUND EXECUTIVE PAY AND HUGE…

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Publications

24.09.13

How to run a Company: Checks and Balances on Executive Power

A collection of essays on corporate governance, including the role of non-executives and securing a greater voice for employees. "It is, after all, the employees of a firm who know most about its operations," says…

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Publications

16.09.13

Workers on boards: interviews with German employee directors

We talk to employee and shareholder directors on German boards about company strategy, pay and unions Bosses in Germany do not shy away from discussing challenging issues with their workforce. There is a structure in…

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Publications

22.07.13

Mythbuster: Are huge executive pay packages really vital to UK competitiveness?

As part of the New Economics Foundation's 'mythbuster' series, Luke Hildyard debunks the myths used to justify excessive executive pay We’re encouraged to believe that company executives are talented wealth creators, worthy of extreme pay packages…

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