02.04.14
Can we close the pay gap?
HPC director, Deborah Hargreaves, argues in the New York Times that we need workers on boards to tackle huge corporate pay gaps The issue of pay ratios has become the latest front in a worldwide…
06.03.14
The banks are using their political influence to defend the interests of their highest-paid employee
High Pay Centre Head of Research Luke Hildyard discusses the huge bonuses paid out at RBS In a Guardian webchat a couple of weeks ago, RBS CEO Ross McEwan described himself as being ‘pragmatic’ with…
24.01.14
Has excessive pay gone too far?
HPC Head of Research Luke Hildyard debates inequality with Anthony Browne of the British Bankers Association This year ‘fatcat Wednesday’ took place on January 8. Just three working days into 2014, the bosses of Britain’s…
07.01.14
‘Fatcat Wednesday’ for FTSE 100 CEOs
UK bosses have already made more money in 2014 than the average worker will earn in the whole year Britain’s top bosses have already made more money in 2014 than the average UK worker earns…
12.11.13
Pay for performance – Does it work?
Chairman of RBS had an "out of body experience" over bank bonus payments while head of the TUC thinks performance pay is a "big con" Does performance-related pay work? High Pay Centre conference at the…