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22.07.13

The justifications for bloated executive pay don’t stack up

Luke Hildyard writes for the Guardian, summarising the flawed justifications for huge executive pay packages debunked in our paper for the New Economics Foundation Two main arguments are put forward to justify the explosion in…

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22.07.13

Mythbuster: Are huge executive pay packages really vital to UK competitiveness?

As part of the New Economics Foundation's 'mythbuster' series, Luke Hildyard debunks the myths used to justify excessive executive pay We’re encouraged to believe that company executives are talented wealth creators, worthy of extreme pay packages…

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19.07.13

Executive pay is a threat to business reputations

High Pay Centre Director Deborah Hargreaves writes for the Oxford University Said Business School on the reputational consequences for businesses awarding excessive pay packages The debate about the unwarranted levels of pay for senior executives…

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18.07.13

Introducing Wagemark: New standard for fair and competitive pay

Canadian foundation introduces certification for companies with a fair pay ratio between highest and lowest earners A new international wage standard used by companies, non-profit organizations, and government agencies, opens today for business in Toronto.…

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Past Event

12.07.13

The Big Pay Debate: How do we create a fairer system of pay? – Labour Party Conference 2013

Monday 23 September 2013 6:00pm Castor & Pollux 165 Kings Road Arches Brighton BN1 1NB ‎ As part of the High Pay Centre's Big Pay Debate, this panel discussion at Labour Party Conference will bring…

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12.07.13

The Big Pay Debate: Can the Conservatives be the party of fair pay? – Conservative Party Conference

Tuesday 1 October 20136:30pm Arora Hotel18-24 Princess StreetManchester M1 4LY Executive pay continues to rise sharply while wages for everyone else have stagnated. How can we encourage good business performance and help employees feel engaged…

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10.07.13

Kittens are evil: heresies in public policy

Management writer Simon Caulkin highlights some of the flaws and misconceptions associated with performance-related pay When Tony Blair remonstrated some years ago, ‘No company would consider managing without targets,’ he was nearly right. Whether organisations…

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08.07.13

The greed of the executives and their cosiness to government enables high pay culture

Blog by Luke Hildyard for Left Foot Forward asking why the UK is doing less to tackle executive pay than other major economies Last week the High Pay Centre published new research showing that the…

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08.07.13

A further unearned and disproportionate increase in the size of executive pay packets

Luke Hildyard on a yet another pay increase for FTSE 100 CEOs The annual Manifest/MM&K executive director Total Remuneration survey was released this week, showing that take home pay for the average FTSE 100 CEO…

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08.07.13

Does the shareholder owned company have a future?

Deborah Hargreaves asks whether businesses are being run in the interests of wider society “Shareholder value” is the cloak of respectability donned by executives to cover many practices that can be ruinous to other participants…

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11.06.13

Event Slides: MM&K Survey Launch

Cliff Weight's slides on the MM&K Executive Remuneration Survey 2013 On Monday 10th June, MM&K and Manifest launched the 2013 Executive Directors' Remuneration Survey at the High Pay Centre. Here are Cliff Weight, Director at…

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11.06.13

Event Slides: Manifest Survey Launch

Sarah Wilson's slides on the Manifest Executive Remuneration Survey 2013 On Monday 10th June, MM&K and Manifest launched the 2013 Executive Directors' Remuneration Survey at the High Pay Centre. Here are Sarah Wilson's (Manifest) slides…

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Past Event

11.06.13

PAY RATIOS EVENT POSTPONED

Tuesday 9 July 2013 5:30pm Room 3.1, Queen Mary's University of London, 67-69 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3JB Unfortunately our report on pay ratios and the launch event on the 9th of July have…

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10.06.13

High Pay Centre condemns latest executive pay increase

10% pay increase as FTSE bosses cash in on Quantitative Easing Think tank the High Pay Centre today condemned the latest increase in executive pay, showing that FTSE 100 Chief Executives took home an average…

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28.05.13

Cambridge study shows that excessive CEO pay packages harm company performance

Research finds that high pay results in overconfidence and gung ho speculation An academic paper by Michael Cooper (University of Utah), Huseyin Gulen (Purdue University) and Raghavendra Rau (University of Cambridge) produced some interesting findings…

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28.05.13

Leading or Lagging: where does the UK stand in the international debate about top pay?

New High Pay Centre report analysing the policy responses to excessive pay in different economies UK lagging rivals in efforts to tackle executive pay New analysis published by the High Pay Centre shows that the…

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14.05.13

Capita promise to publish pay ratio between highest and lowest earners

Major FTSE 100 Company respond to HPC challenge at company AGM FTSE 100 company Capita today committed to publishing the pay ratio between their highest and lowest paid employees at their Annual General Meeting in…

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Past Event

02.05.13

Executive Directors’ Remuneration

Monday 10 June 20135:00pm The High Pay Centre32-36 Loman StreetLondon SE1 0EH The 2013 Executive Directors Total Remuneration Survey, produced jointly by MM&K and Manifest, is recognised as the authoritative guide to pay of Executive…

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