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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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18.03.20

Conditions are critical: publicly-funded bail-outs for private companies

Government bail-outs of large businesses affected by the coronavirus must include social and environmental conditions including fair pay, fair tax contributions and worker representation on company boards Our new discussion paper, published today (Thursday 19…

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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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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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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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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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01.07.19

Women at work – designing a company fit for the future

New report by HPC founder Deborah Hargreaves asks what corporations would look like if designed from a woman's perspective A new report out by HPC founder and board member Deborah Hargreaves imagines a 'feminine corporation'…

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13.05.19

Top Dogs and Fatcats: the debate on high pay

High Pay Centre essay featured in collection published by the Institute of Economic Affairs think tank We were delighted to be asked to contribute to a new book on top pay published by the Institute…

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02.05.19

The myth of shareholder stewardship

new HPC analysis shows investors are not interested in tackling inequality and excessive executive pay Measures introduced by the coalition government giving shareholders the power to tackle excessive executive pay have flopped, according to HPC…

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02.04.19

Hidden Talent 2: Has workforce reporting by the FTSE 100 improved?

HPC research carried out on behalf of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association analyses disclosure of employment models and working practices in company's annual reports New research by the Pension and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA)…

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01.04.19

High Pay Centre ‘Stewardship Code’ consultation submission

HPC has issued our response to the Financial Reporting Council's consultation on the new Stewardship Code HPC's response to the Financial Reporting Council's consultation on the new Stewardship Code sets out our view on the…

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24.01.19

The fatcat diet: a progressive plan for wage fairness

HPC contributes to essay collection on how to achieve greater pay equality, published by the CLASS think tank Friday 4th January 2019 was Fat Cat Day. In just three working days, the typical FTSE 100…

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03.01.19

RemCo Reform: Governing successful organisations that benefit everyone

New report from HPC and the CIPD, based on interviews with remuneration committee members, investors and other stakeholders in the pay setting process, calls for corporate governance reform, with more emphasis on people management and…

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04.11.18

HPC Briefing: Executive pay at FTSE 100 Companies that are not accredited living wage employers

Bosses of companies that are not accredited living wage employers paid nearly £4m a year - their combined profits added up to over £85 billion Ahead of 'Living Wage Week' (beginning 5 November) new research…

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10.09.18

HPC response to consultation on the Wates Principles for the governance of privately-owned companies

Large private companies should be subject to the same high standards of stakeholder engagement as publicly-listed counterparts Earlier this year, the Financial Reporting Council issued the Wates Corporate Governance Principles for Large Private Companies. The…

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15.08.18

High Pay Centre/CIPD executive pay survey 2018

New research from the High Pay Centre and the CIPD finds that median pay for a FTSE 100 CEO leapt 11% in 2017 The annual High Pay Centre/CIPD assessment of FTSE 100 CEO pay packages…

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16.05.18

HPC responds to Select Committee Inquiry on Executive Pay

Our response highlights the limited progress of reforms recommended by the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee We have responded to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee's Inquiry on Executive Pay. Our…

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09.02.18

Chuka Umunna – how much progress on taming excessive executive pay?

Pamphlet presented by Chuka Umunna MP at a High Pay Centre event held at the Institute of Directors, London, on February 8 2018

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