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High Pay Centre and Equality Trust launch campaign calling for maximum 10:1 pay ratios Uncategorized一Featured

22.08.25

High Pay Centre and Equality Trust launch campaign calling for maximum 10:1 pay ratios

Sign the High Pay Centre and Equality Trust's petition calling for a maximum 10:1 pay ratio between bosses and their lowest paid workers

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FTSE 100 CEO pay reaches record high for third year in a row – the reaction Media

21.08.25

FTSE 100 CEO pay reaches record high for third year in a row – the reaction

Widespread media coverage of this year's HPC CEO Pay Report

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CEO pay in the FTSE 100 reaches record high for the third year in a row Publications一Featured

17.08.25

CEO pay in the FTSE 100 reaches record high for the third year in a row

The High Pay Centre's annual review of CEO pay in the FTSE 100 shows median CEO pay jumping from £4.29m to £4.58m in 2024/2025

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Why we need a cap on water industry executive pay Blog

24.07.25

Why we need a cap on water industry executive pay

A sensible pay limit would restore a public service ethos to the industry, and send a much needed message about fairness and proportionality across the wider economy.

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The case for reforming directors’ legal duties Publications一Featured

16.06.25

The case for reforming directors’ legal duties

HPC briefing on proposals to remove concept of shareholder primacy from key element of UK company law

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CEO to worker pay gaps in the FTSE 350: Five years of pay ratio disclosures Publications一Featured

16.06.25

CEO to worker pay gaps in the FTSE 350: Five years of pay ratio disclosures

Five years of pay ratio disclosures show little change in CEO to worker pay gaps

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An Analysis of the First Five Years of Pay Ratio Disclosures EventsPast Event

13.06.25

An Analysis of the First Five Years of Pay Ratio Disclosures

Summary of findings from our new report on five years of mandatory CEO-to-worker pay gap disclosures at FTSE 350 companies (Online webinar, 11:00-12:00, Tuesday 17 June)

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Sunday Times Rich List 2025 – Our Reflections Blog

21.05.25

Sunday Times Rich List 2025 – Our Reflections

Our key takeaways from this year's Rich List and things we think should be getting more attention

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Shareholders set to approve vast CEO pay awards – but where is worker voice in pay setting process? Blog

06.05.25

Shareholders set to approve vast CEO pay awards – but where is worker voice in pay setting process?

How we will try to hold companies to account on this issue.

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Do we really want US style inequality replicated in the UK? Media

01.05.25

Do we really want US style inequality replicated in the UK?

HPC Executive Director Luke Hildyard responds to Financial Times piece reporting UK CEOs pay growing at faster rate than their US competitors

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From Conflict to Collaboration: Rethinking Union-Management Relations EventsPast Event

29.04.25

From Conflict to Collaboration: Rethinking Union-Management Relations

How unions & management can work together to navigate change, tackle inequality & build fairer workplaces in a shifting world of work. (Online webinar, 12:00-13:00, Monday 19 May)

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Employment Rights Bill will help tackle income inequality Blog

24.04.25

Employment Rights Bill will help tackle income inequality

Our thoughts on the Employment Rights Bill, the idea of maximum pay ratios and the latest Forbes Billionaire list

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Are charity bosses being paid too much while their workers are paid too little? Media一Featured

21.04.25

Are charity bosses being paid too much while their workers are paid too little?

But is the real problem with the charity sector or the economic model it seeks to survive in?

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High Pay Centre calls on parliamentarians to support and strengthen Employment Rights Bill Publications一Featured

14.04.25

High Pay Centre calls on parliamentarians to support and strengthen Employment Rights Bill

A briefing for Lords peers scrutinising the Employment Rights Bill

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Challenging the narrative of the superstar CEO: BBC Sunday Morning Live debate Media

14.03.25

Challenging the narrative of the superstar CEO: BBC Sunday Morning Live debate

Luke Hildyard calls for fairer distribution of economic rewards and highlights flaws in narratives around success and leadership

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Bankers’ pay: HPC media commentary on executive excess Media

10.03.25

Bankers’ pay: HPC media commentary on executive excess

Barclays and Natwest under scrutiny for excessive pay awards

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Executive pay debate pits business lobby against wider society Blog

06.03.25

Executive pay debate pits business lobby against wider society

HPC Executive Director Luke Hildyard's contribution to a report on remuneration in the financial services sector in 2024 from HR experts Middlemore

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High Pay Centre calls for a stronger Stewardship Code that prioritises the public interest Publications一Featured

27.02.25

High Pay Centre calls for a stronger Stewardship Code that prioritises the public interest

Proposed changes to the UK Stewardship Code risk weakening investor accountability and downplaying the role of responsible investment in shaping a fairer economy

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