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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…

Highlights of extensive coverage of our report showing the ongoing rise in CEO pay relative to low and middle-income earners Our research showing average FTSE 100 CEO pay jumped to £5 million in 2014, up…

HPC Deputy Director Luke Hildyard blogs for Left Foot Forward on the importance of trade unions in combating pay inequality Easyjet cabin crew voted last week to accept the airline's revised pay offer by a…

Deborah Hargreaves is stepping down as director of the High Pay Centre later this year. We are looking for an energetic person with a proven track record to lead our highly-successful think tank. The High…

Read our submission to the Financial Conduct Authority's Investment and Corporate Banking Study The terms of reference of this study are focused on three specific issues identified in the prior wholesale sector competition review. However,…

Our letter highlights a flaw in the 2013 remuneration reporting regulations. We are calling for more clarity about the relationship between companies and the remuneration consultants they use. Rt Hon Sajid Javid MPSecretary of State…

HPC Deputy Director Luke Hildyard's monthly blog for Left Foot Forward The advertising and marketing firm WPP approved the £43 million pay package awarded to Chief Executive Sir Martin Sorrell in 2014 at its AGM…

A stronger case needs to be made for the social benefits of EU membership Graeme Macdonald, the chief executive of JCB, is unfazed by the prospect of Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union. He says…