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CEO pay survey 2022: CEO pay surges 39% Publications一Featured

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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High Pay Centre analysis of FTSE 350 pay ratios Publications一Featured

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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Corporate Britain and Covid-19: Fewer than half of large UK companies cut executive pay in response to Covid-19 Publications一Featured

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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High Pay Centre briefing: Pension saver views on the social and environmental impact of investments Publications一Featured

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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How do companies report on their ‘most important asset’? Workforce reporting in the FTSE 100 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Compliance with reporting of pay ratio requirements Publications

20.04.21

Compliance with reporting of pay ratio requirements

A letter to the Financial Reporting Council

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Pay ratios and the FTSE 350: an analysis of the first disclosures Publications一Featured

16.12.20

Pay ratios and the FTSE 350: an analysis of the first disclosures

Our analysis of the first ‘pay ratio’ reports finds some limitations to the disclosures, but also provides insights into low pay and inequality across corporate Britain.

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CEO pay and the workforce: how employee matters impact performance-related pay in the FTSE 100 Publications

03.12.20

CEO pay and the workforce: how employee matters impact performance-related pay in the FTSE 100

High Pay Centre and CIPD analysis shows that despite an increasing interest in ESG factors, performance-related pay for FTSE 100 CEOs is still primarily based on financial returns to shareholders rather than the needs of…

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Paying for Covid: capping excessive salaries to save industries Publications

08.10.20

Paying for Covid: capping excessive salaries to save industries

An in-depth study looking at the impact of potential redistribution from very high earners to low and middle income workers.

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HPC/CIPD Annual FTSE 100 CEO Pay Review – CEO pay flat in 2019 Publications一Featured

04.08.20

HPC/CIPD Annual FTSE 100 CEO Pay Review – CEO pay flat in 2019

Median FTSE 100 CEO pay stands at £3.6 million – almost 120 times the average UK worker – but pandemic pay cuts could mean figure falls next year

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Re-thinking reward: interim High Pay Centre analysis of new pay ratio reports Publications

28.06.20

Re-thinking reward: interim High Pay Centre analysis of new pay ratio reports

Our analysis of the first ‘pay ratio’ reports finds some limitations to the disclosures, but also identifies the potential to raise pay for low earners through redistribution from those at the top

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High Pay Centre Briefing: Corporate Response to the Economic Shutdown Publications一Featured

26.04.20

High Pay Centre Briefing: Corporate Response to the Economic Shutdown

At least 18% of FTSE 100 firms are using the UK Government’s furlough scheme. 37% have cut executive pay and 33% are withdrawing or withholding dividend payments

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