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02.05.19

The myth of shareholder stewardship

new HPC analysis shows investors are not interested in tackling inequality and excessive executive pay Measures introduced by the coalition government giving shareholders the power to tackle excessive executive pay have flopped, according to HPC…

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23.04.19

Remuneration Committees are ripe for reform

Pay setting committees have failed to address stakeholder concerns about executive pay practices. There should be an explicit mandate to deliver fairness and proportionality, with workers given a voice in the process. HPC Director Luke…

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Past Event

18.04.19

Hidden Talent Part 2 launch: has workforce reporting by the FTSE 100 improved?

Tuesday 2 April 20198:30am Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association24 Chiswell StreetLondon EC1Y 4TY Speakers: Caroline Escott - Policy Lead: Investment and Stewardship, Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (Chair) Ashley Walsh - Head of Policy and Research,…

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Blog

11.04.19

What aren’t the UK’s leading firms telling us about their workers?

A disclosure paints a thousand words - blog by HPC Head of Policy and Research, Ashley Walsh, for Left Foot Forward. How much do we know about pay, conditions, and working practices in the UK’s…

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Blog

11.04.19

What aren’t the UK’s leading firms telling us about their workers?

A disclosure paints a thousand words - blog by HPC Head of Policy and Research, Ashley Walsh, for Left Foot Forward. How much do we know about pay, conditions, and working practices in the UK’s…

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Publications

02.04.19

Hidden Talent 2: Has workforce reporting by the FTSE 100 improved?

HPC research carried out on behalf of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association analyses disclosure of employment models and working practices in company's annual reports New research by the Pension and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA)…

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Publications

01.04.19

High Pay Centre ‘Stewardship Code’ consultation submission

HPC has issued our response to the Financial Reporting Council's consultation on the new Stewardship Code HPC's response to the Financial Reporting Council's consultation on the new Stewardship Code sets out our view on the…

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29.03.19

New Select Committee report on executive pay

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee calls for worker involvement in executive pay-setting process and says executive share award schemes should be open to the entire workforce The influential Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select…

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19.03.19

The UK tops the millionaire bankers league – but our overall prosperity is distinctly mid-table

The UK has more millionaire bankers than the rest of Europe put together, according to figures from the European Banking Authority. Blog by HPC Director Luke Hildyard for Open Democracy) Over 3,500 UK-based bankers are…

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Blog

06.03.19

New HPC Director – Baroness Lister of Burtersett joins board

HPC is delighted to announce that Baroness Lister of Burtersett, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at Loughborough University, has joined our Board of Directors The High Pay Centre is delighted to announce that Baroness Lister…

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Blog

29.01.19

Don’t praise the super-rich just for paying their taxes

The new Sunday Times 'tax rich list' is a welcome initiative, but praise for people for merely paying their taxes should be measured - blog by HPC Head of Policy and Research Ashley Walsh for…

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Blog

28.01.19

Work for HPC

We're recruiting a new Head of Communications and Events We're recruiting a new Media and Events Officer - it should be a great job for anyone interested in pay and inequality, with good writing skills…

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Publications

24.01.19

The fatcat diet: a progressive plan for wage fairness

HPC contributes to essay collection on how to achieve greater pay equality, published by the CLASS think tank Friday 4th January 2019 was Fat Cat Day. In just three working days, the typical FTSE 100…

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Blog

03.01.19

It’s ‘Fatcat Friday’ – CEO pay for 2019 surpasses the amount the average UK worker earns all year

HPC and CIPD research illustrates the UK's economic divisions Friday 4 January 2019 is “Fat Cat” Friday. In just three working days, the UK’s top bosses make more than a typical full-time worker will earn…

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Publications

03.01.19

RemCo Reform: Governing successful organisations that benefit everyone

New report from HPC and the CIPD, based on interviews with remuneration committee members, investors and other stakeholders in the pay setting process, calls for corporate governance reform, with more emphasis on people management and…

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Past Event

21.12.18

THE FUTURE OF THE REMUNERATION COMMITTEE IN A NEW ERA OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Tuesday 5 February 20198:30am Screening Room, South Wing, Somerset HouseVictoria EmbankmentLondon WC2R 1LA Speakers: Rebecca Long-Bailey - Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Iain Wright - Director of Corporate Governance, Institute of…

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03.12.18

Labour’s plan for stakeholder votes on boardroom high pay might just work

HPC Head of Policy and Research Ashley Walsh blogs on a new report commissioned by the Labour Party Labour’s frontbench grabbed headlines earlier this week by considering plans to involve employees and customers at the…

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Publications

04.11.18

HPC Briefing: Executive pay at FTSE 100 Companies that are not accredited living wage employers

Bosses of companies that are not accredited living wage employers paid nearly £4m a year - their combined profits added up to over £85 billion Ahead of 'Living Wage Week' (beginning 5 November) new research…

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