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27.02.20

Purpose Beyond Profit: Where Next for Business?

WATCH IN FULL: an expert panel discuss the future of business and what action is needed to tackle climate change and reduce economic inequality On 26 February 2020 Oxfam and the High Pay Centre hosted an…

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20.01.20

Working 9 to 5. What will pay ratio reporting mean? Will it change anything?

Wednesday 19 February 20202:30pm Standard Life Foundation, The Gherkin30 Saint Mary AxeLondon EC3A 8BF Speakers Luke Hildyard, Director, High Pay Centre (Chair)Charles Cotton, Performance and Reward Adviser, CIPDJanet Williamson, Senior Policy Officer, TUCTom Gosling, Partner,…

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20.01.20

Purpose Beyond Profit: Where Next for Business?

Wednesday 26 February 20206:30pm The Foundry17 Oval WayLondon SE11 5RR The belief that the sole responsibility of business is to maximise profits for shareholders is losing favour. Shareholder primacy is under scrutiny for increased environmental…

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05.01.20

High Pay Day 2020: Scope for fairer pay and lower inequality remains considerable

Pay for the typical FTSE 100 CEO in 2020 has already surpassed the amount the average UK worker earns in an entire year. We can do much more to achieve a better balance between those…

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19.12.19

Work for HPC – applications for a Researcher now open!

We're recruiting! Find out how to apply here We are recruiting for a new researcher! This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic person, keen to address these important issues as part of our small…

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10.12.19

High Pay Centre briefing: regional economies across the EU

The UK's poorest regions are falling behind the rest of Europe New research published today based on data from the European Union shows that the UK's poorest regions have fallen further behind the rest of…

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03.12.19

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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13.11.19

How the Shareholder first business model contributes to poverty, inequality and climate change

new briefing from the High Pay Centre and the TUC Research by the TUC and the High Pay Centre shows the extent to which returns to shareholders, in the forms of dividend payments and share…

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05.11.19

Maximum Pay Ratios

HPC Director Luke Hildyard's essay published by Autonomy and Verso in 'The New Economy Starter Pack'. Why it's time to rethink income, not just at the bottom of the ladder, but at the top too.…

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04.11.19

Curbing top pay: Does making the rich poorer make the poor richer?

Wednesday 13 November 20192:00pm Syndicate 3, Congress House23-28 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3LW Speakers: Robert Joyce, Deputy Director, IFS Maya Goodfellow, Writer/Researcher Helen O’Connor, Regional Organiser, GMB Luke Hildyard, Director, High Pay Centre (Chair)…

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22.10.19

We have to stop the demonisation of ‘unskilled’ immigration

Policymakers' hero worship of "skilled" immigration has failed - blog by HPC Executive Director, Luke Hildyard for Left Foot Forward Future immigration to Britain will be governed by an “Australian-style points-based immigration system” that prioritises…

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03.10.19

Is the Thomas Cook boss right to defend his high pay?

Is Peter Fankhauser, boss of now-collapsed Thomas Cook, right to defend his high pay and bonuses? NO, says Ashley Walsh, head of policy and research at the High Pay Centre. Thomas Cook failed because it…

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02.10.19

Should the tapered annual allowance for tax on pensions be abolished?

Should the tapered annual allowance for tax on pensions be abolished? No – Luke Hildyard is director of the High Pay Centre. Calls to scrap the pensions allowance taper are hopelessly naive and completely out…

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02.10.19

What next on top pay? Reflections on recent trends in executive pay

Against the backdrop of a fall in CEO pay, our expert panel discussed the implications On 18 September 2019 we held an event in the House of Commons to discuss the findings of the annual…

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04.09.19

Britain’s housing crisis: CEOs at house building companies earning mouthwatering sums

Research shows scale of pay inequality in the housebuilding industry The scale of Britain's housing crisis is well-documented, yet our biggest property development firms and the executives running them continue to prosper despite the country's…

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29.08.19

The average CEO-worker pay ratio is down – so are shareholders winning the debate?

The average CEO-worker pay ratio is down – so are shareholders winning the debate against excessive pay? Ashley Walsh, head of policy and research at The High Pay Centre, says NO. Shareholders aren’t just losing…

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20.08.19

Pay for CEOs of UK’s biggest companies falls by 13%

Investor stewardship and concerns about inequality are beginning to register - but economic inequalities persist as CEO's continue to enjoy pay awards 117 times larger than the average worker An annual assessment of FTSE 100…

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16.08.19

What next on top pay? Reflections on recent trends in executive pay

Wednesday 18 September 20199:30am House of Commons Room A 1 Parliament Street London SW1A 0AA Executive pay levels continue to be a source of major controversy and a priority concern for policymakers. In the past…

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