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11.08.24

FTSE 100 CEO pay reaches new high

Median FTSE 100 CEO pay in 2023 reached £4.19m - the highest level on record, up from £4.1m in 2022

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24.03.24

Leading Academics express concern about excess executive pay

Management, inequality and CEO pay experts write to Britain's biggest investors in a letter coordinated by the High Pay Centre

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18.12.23

High Pay Centre analysis of FTSE 350 pay ratios

Pay inequalities at UK's largest companies remain constant, despite ‘cost of living’ crisis.

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14.09.23

High Pay Centre ‘Corporate Governance Code’ consultation submission

HPC has issued our response to the Financial Reporting Council’s consultation on the Corporate Governance Code

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21.08.23

FTSE 100 CEOs get half a million pound pay rise

High Pay Centre research finds that median FTSE 100 CEO pay increased from £3.38m in 2021 to £3.91m in 2022

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21.07.23

The value of people expertise on corporate boards

New CIPD research supported by the High Pay Centre shows a lack of people expertise on the boards of the UK's largest listed companies

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05.05.23

Who Won? Who Lost? The Distributional Impact of COVID-19 Government Support for Business

New research from Aston University supported by the High Pay Centre examines how different stakeholders at the UK’s largest businesses – board executives, shareholders, and workers – fared during and after the peak of the…

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16.12.22

Worthwhile Workforce Reporting

Our new research outlines the principles of good reporting, with supporting examples.

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27.10.22

Worker voice in corporate governance – How to bring perspectives from the workforce into the boardroom

6 in 10 believe the main priority of business should be delivering better pay for their workers

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22.08.22

CEO pay survey 2022: CEO pay surges 39%

High Pay Centre and TUC research finds that median FTSE 100 CEO pay increased from £2.46m in 2020 to £3.41m in 2021

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23.05.22

High Pay Centre analysis of FTSE 350 pay ratios

Pandemic caused pay ratios to fall, but new analysis indicates ratios are now increasing to new highs.

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19.04.22

Corporate Britain and Covid-19: Fewer than half of large UK companies cut executive pay in response to Covid-19

Report by The Open University, University of Nottingham, Western University and the High Pay Centre think tank examines the corporate response to Covid-19.

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24.03.22

High Pay Centre briefing: Pension saver views on the social and environmental impact of investments

Polling shows the vast majority of people want their pension fund to reflect their ethical values and beliefs.

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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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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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07.11.21

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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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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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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