6 January, 2021
CEO pay: FTSE 100 bosses earn median annual wage in 34 hours
Today is the day the average FTSE 100 chief executive will have earned as much as a worker on median pay makes in a year. In fact the
5 August, 2020
Covid-19: cuts to executive pay ‘mainly superficial or short term’
Despite widespread reports of Covid-19 prompting a rethink on executive pay, fresh research suggests the pandemic has had only a passing effect. A new report concludes that only 36 companies in the...
26 June, 2020
Top US CEO pay falls 53% as pandemic and investor pressure continues
Chief executives among the top 50 US firms have been shouldering some of the financial pain of the pandemic with large cuts to their pay. A report from governance data provider GC Analytics shows t...
15 October, 2019
Think tank calls for governance reform to encourage progress on employee pay
When remuneration comes up as a governance topic its usually when the spotlight is on the hefty sums paid to those around the boardroom table. New research from a think tank seeks to change that by pl...
11 June, 2018
Companies face new law demanding they justify pay gap
Public companies in the UK will be required to justify pay differences between the pay of chief executives and their staff, according to a government announcement. Directors also face demands to se...
2 January, 2018
European CEO pay ratios highest in UK, France and Germany
Pay ratios of CEOs in the UK are higher than in any other European country, a study has revealed. The
4 September, 2017
UK government waters down plans to strengthen corporate governance
Watered-down proposals to improve the UK’s corporate governance regime have been
29 August, 2017
Publishing pay ratios is ‘crude’, but are a ‘step in the right direction’
Publishing executive and staff pay ratios under new governance reform rules would be a "crude" measure of valuing remuneration, but it should force boards to consider pay as a whole, experts have s...
19 May, 2017
Tories commit to greater employee involvement in governance
The Conservative Party has made a public commitment to legislate for the inclusion of employee representatives in the running of listed companies. The party also commits itself to requiring companies...
22 March, 2017
