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Who benefits from returns to shareholders? 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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High Pay Day 2022 Media一Featured

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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2021 in review 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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Predictable pay-outs expose the charade of performance-related pay 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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Are bonus payments and Long Term Incentive Plans fair and proportionate rewards and incentives for business leaders? Publications一Featured

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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Do we need to do more to reduce very high top incomes? 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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Covid causes fall in CEO pay—but excessive earnings remain an issue 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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FTSE 100 CEOs paid 86 times the median UK worker during the first year of the pandemic Media

24.08.21

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

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

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CEO pay survey 2021: Median FTSE 100 CEO now paid £2.69 million Publications一Featured

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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CEO pay survey 2021: Findings summary EventsPast 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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Role of the RemCo: How to achieve good governance of pay, people and culture Publications一Featured

28.07.21

Role of the RemCo: How to achieve good governance of pay, people and culture

High Pay Centre and CIPD research offers practical guidance to HR leaders and board members on how to improve their people and pay governance through RemCo reform and the inclusion of the workforce in the…

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RemCo Reform: How to achieve good governance of pay, people and culture EventsPast Event

13.07.21

RemCo Reform: How to achieve good governance of pay, people and culture

Report launch: new research from the High Pay Centre and CIPD offers practical guidance on how companies can improve their people and pay governance (12:00-13:00, Wednesday 28 July)

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High Pay Centre at 10: How can workers have a voice in a changing world of work? EventsPast Event

01.06.21

High Pay Centre at 10: How can workers have a voice in a changing world of work?

The latest in a series of events marking the 10 year anniversary of the High Pay Centre (14:00-15:00,Tuesday 15 June)

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Using pay ratio disclosures to inform ESG strategies and stewardship practices Publications

13.05.21

Using pay ratio disclosures to inform ESG strategies and stewardship practices

A High Pay Centre briefing on how investors can use the new pay ratio disclosures in UK-listed companies’ annual reports

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Local elections 2021: Addressing low pay and inequality Blog

12.05.21

Local elections 2021: Addressing low pay and inequality

In order to truly bring about ‘levelling up’, workers must be allowed to share in the wealth they have helped to create. Newly-elected local and regional politicians must work to make this a reality.

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Equal pay is new mayor’s top priority Blog

10.05.21

Equal pay is new mayor’s top priority

What can Tracy Brabin and other metro mayors do to tackle inequality and strengthen worker voice?

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Fairer pay, worker voice and better business – the role for subnational authorities Publications一Featured

02.05.21

Fairer pay, worker voice and better business – the role for subnational authorities

Ahead of the local and mayoral elections, we call on candidates to use their powers to tackle pay inequality and give workers more control over their working lives.

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High Pay Centre at 10: What can a decade of change tell us about the future of responsible investment? EventsPast Event

23.04.21

High Pay Centre at 10: What can a decade of change tell us about the future of responsible investment?

The latest in a series of events marking the 10 year anniversary of the High Pay Centre (14:00-15:00, Wednesday 19 May)

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