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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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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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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Publications

28.05.13

Leading or Lagging: where does the UK stand in the international debate about top pay?

New High Pay Centre report analysing the policy responses to excessive pay in different economies UK lagging rivals in efforts to tackle executive pay New analysis published by the High Pay Centre shows that the…

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Publications

04.03.13

Top to Bottom: New High Pay Centre report outlines the potential for wealth redistribution

Analysis of UK incomes outlines the concentration of wealth across a tiny proportion of the population, and outlines pathways to fairer earnings New research published by the High Pay Centre reveals that even a modest…

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Publications

11.02.13

The Myth of Global High Pay Talent Market

New High Pay Centre report shows that just foreign poaching of CEOs accounts for just 0.8% of appointments Less than one per cent of top chief executives are poached from overseas, and 80% are promoted…

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Publications

14.01.13

British Business at risk unless executive rewards linked to long term performance

New report from High Pay Centre warns of obsession with share price and short-term financial performance measures British companies need to link at least half the performance pay of top executives to broad measures of…

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