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Future of Workforce Reporting Publications一Featured

04.11.25

Future of Workforce Reporting

New analysis from the CIPD and Railpen supported by the High Pay Centre highlights need for improved workforce reporting to strengthen transparency and reveal how well firms invest in and manage their people

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AGM Season 2025: Lessons on Strengthening Employee Voice in UK Retail Blog

23.10.25

AGM Season 2025: Lessons on Strengthening Employee Voice in UK Retail

High Pay Centre (HPC) Researcher Paddy Goffey explains how HPC challenged FTSE 100 retailers on meaningful employee participation and governance reform during the 2025 AGM season.

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High Pay Centre warns against removal of key post-crash safeguards Media

20.10.25

High Pay Centre warns against removal of key post-crash safeguards

Recent regulatory reforms are likely to benefit a few high-earning bankers while doing little for the wider economy.

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Luke Hildyard departs the High Pay Centre Blog一Featured

06.10.25

Luke Hildyard departs the High Pay Centre

The board says goodbye to Luke Hildyard after eleven years working for HPC including seven years as Executive Director

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Have you signed our petition yet? Blog一Featured

23.09.25

Have you signed our petition yet?

Our latest newsletter including our petition for 10:1 pay ratios and rejecting Barclays CEO's call for a public sector pay freeze

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High Pay Centre hits back at Barclays CEO over public sector pay remarks Media

19.09.25

High Pay Centre hits back at Barclays CEO over public sector pay remarks

£10.5m pay packet exposes double standards amid pre-budget debate over the state of UK's public finances

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

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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