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Waiting for the Shareholder Rights Directive is a bit like Waiting for Godot It was July 2015 when the plenary session of the European Parliament approved the Commission’s proposal for a revised Shareholder Rights Directive…

A great moment - be part of it The 59% vote against BP's remuneration report is a remarkable and welcome development. Remuneration committees have got to use what is called "discretion", that is, do their…

Contrary to what you may have been told, top pay is still rising fast CEO pay continues to rise. Analysis of disclosures by 71 FTSE 100 companies which have reported on their FYE 2015 reveals…

The High Pay Centre's response to the government's consultation on new gender pay gap reporting requirements By Paul Marsland, deputy director, High Pay Centre The decision by Nicky Morgan, minister for women and equalities, to…

In response to Prof Adrian Furnham's recent talk at the High Pay Centre, deputy director Paul Marsland reflects on the concept of motivation Film director Alfred Hitchcock described a situation in which an actor approached…

A startling column by Matthew Parris shows that concern about excessive pay is shared across the political spectrum Readers of The Times on Saturday may have been surprised to read a column by the ever-popular…

The dust has settled on "Fat Cat Tuesday". No good arguments have been offered in defence of excessive pay. What does this tell us? Common misunderstandings about top pay- some thoughts from Paul Marsland, deputy…

Top bosses will already have made more money by the first Tuesday of 2016 than the typical UK worker will earn all year It’s Fat Cat Tuesday (5.1.2016). Top bosses’ pay will surpass the average…

A look at our research from this past year, including our major projects on performance related pay and pay ratios Last month we completed a six-month project on pay ratios, which was generously funded by…

Progress (such as it is) is slow and uncertain on the Shareholder Rights Directive Regular readers will know that we have been following the progress of the EU Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD)  through the legislative…

Our analysis of PwC's new report on bonus target disclosure by FTSE100 companies. PwC, the audit group and executive pay advisers, has today launched the results of their analysis of bonus target disclosure by FTSE100…

A write-up in the Scottish Herald of our event at the SNP Party Conference Pay caps should be introduced for "greedy and self-centred" private sector executives and the SNP should go into the next Holyrood…

Vince Cable believes his new rules on top pay have had an impact, but he would now require companies to reveal their pay ratios and give more voice to employees At the High Pay Centre’s…

The campaign for the UK to remain in the EU must appeal to those immune to the overtures of big business - HPC Deputy Director Luke Hildyard writes for Policy Network It is worryingly easy…

In 1994, Rotherham MP Denis MacShane proposed a 'maximum wage' limiting executive's pay to 20 times that of their average employee. Read his proposal in the House of Commons - it's striking how many arguments…

New leader to take over running of High Pay Centre while Deborah Hargreaves joins the board The High Pay Centre has appointed Stefan Stern as its new director, succeeding Deborah Hargreaves who will stand down…

Revealing pronouncements on increased minimum wage prompt important debate about top pay One of the arguments we hear frequently is that top pay and inequality are fringe concerns. While most people agree that poverty and…

We wrote to the remuneration committee at every FTSE 100 Company - see who responded! Following publication of the final report of our commission on performance-related pay, the High Pay Centre wrote to the Chair…