Pay ratios between chief executives and their workers are on a trajectory to return to pre-pandemic levels, according to research out this week. The High Pay Centre, a think tank and campaign body, says its research shows that pay ratios among 69 companies in the FTSE 350 that have so far reported this year, the average pay ratio is 63:1—nearly double the 34:1 ratio for same group in 2021. According to the High Pay Centre’s report, the findings “indicate that pay ratios are returning to at least the levels seen before the pandemic”. It adds that the latest study “suggests that in some cases at least, the Covid-19 pandemic has not brought about long-term pay restraint”. Retail has the largest pay ratio so far, at 117:1,