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14.03.22

It would take the average supermarket CEO less than two days’ work to earn the annual salary of a colleague on the minimum wage

New research shows the huge disparity between supermarket CEO pay and their store colleagues’ pay.

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Blog

14.03.22

BP and Shell windfall tax row reveals lack of progress on purpose

Claim that windfall tax would hurt clean energy investment shows the change in mentality towards purposeful business isn’t taking root, writes Luke Hildyard for Board Agenda

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Media

10.03.22

Abramovich announces plan to sell Chelsea

HPC Director Luke Hildyard explains why this is a good thing for English football.

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Publications 一Featured

07.03.22

How do companies report on their ‘most important asset’? Workforce reporting in the FTSE 100

Majority of FTSE 100 firms don’t provide data on skill investment, workforce diversity or employee wellbeing in their annual reports.

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Media

24.02.22

Biggest banker bonuses announced since financial crash

Major banks announce double-digit increases in bid to retain talent

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Events Past Event

23.02.22

How do companies report on their ‘most important asset’?

An analysis of workforce reporting in the FTSE 100 and recommendations for action. (13:00-14:00, Tuesday 8 March)

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Blog

21.02.22

The failure of ‘shareholder democracy’

With concentrating shareholder wealth, voice, power and better pay is what really gives workers a stake in society writes Andrew Speke for Red Pepper

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Media

11.01.22

FTSE 100 CEOs paid in less than 4 days what a typical UK worker is paid in a year

Media coverage of High Pay Day 2022

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Publications 一Featured

10.01.22

Who benefits from returns to shareholders?

New research from HPC, the TUC and Common Wealth highlights how little most people gain from dividends and share buybacks.

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07.01.22

High Pay Day 2022

CEO pay for 2022 surpassed the earnings of the median UK full time worker just prior to 09:00am on Friday 7 January.

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Blog

22.12.21

2021 in review

Read our review of 2021, and a summary of our reports, articles and events

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Blog

29.11.21

Predictable pay-outs expose the charade of performance-related pay

Incentive plans, share awards and bonus payments have become almost a guaranteed part of a chief executive’s pay package. Deborah Hargreaves writes for Board Agenda

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07.11.21

Are bonus payments and Long Term Incentive Plans fair and proportionate rewards and incentives for business leaders?

Our analysis of annual bonus payments and long-term incentive plans (LTIPs) calls into question their value, when they almost always pay out, and typically pay out at a very high amount indeed.

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Blog

21.09.21

Do we need to do more to reduce very high top incomes?

A blog by Luke Hildyard on our 2021 CEO pay report featured as a LinkedIn talking point

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Blog

20.09.21

Covid causes fall in CEO pay—but excessive earnings remain an issue

The Covid-19 pandemic has seen a reduction in overall CEO pay levels. Is this an opportunity for further equalisation of pay ratios?

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Media

24.08.21

FTSE 100 CEOs paid 86 times the median UK worker during the first year of the pandemic

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18.08.21

CEO pay survey 2021: Median FTSE 100 CEO now paid £2.69 million

Annual HPC survey examines how the pandemic has affected top pay Our new report shows that the median FTSE 100 CEO was paid £2.69 million in 2020, 86 times the median full-time worker in the…

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Events Past Event

05.08.21

CEO pay survey 2021: Findings summary

Our annual assessment of FTSE 100 pay packages, with a particular focus on the impact of Covid-19 (10:00 -10:45, Thursday 19 August)

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