Businesses will have to justify exec pay

UK firms will be forced to publish and justify details of pay gaps between staff and bosses following concerns over executive pay

Carillion government report: What now?

The government has concluded that Carillion's collapse was the result of moral failings on the board. HR magazine asked experts if the tide will now turn on the issue of corporate governance

Home Office chief people officer: HR must hold businesses to account

HR has a duty to make their voices heard on poor corporate behaviour, the Home Office's chief people officer said

A pathway to better charity governance

Charities need to raise their game, accept their duty of care to vulnerable people, and back whistleblowers

Hot topic: Corporate governance, part two

What should HR’s role be in preventing poor practices?

Hot topic: Corporate governance

What should HR’s role be in preventing poor practices?

Large businesses yet to publish gender pay gaps

With just six weeks to go until the gender pay reporting deadline, 93% of the UK's largest companies are yet to publish

Carillion: So many governance questions, so few answers

Now is the perfect time for boards to be asking difficult questions about their own governance and remuneration policies

Carillion shines spotlight on corporate governance as investigation is announced

Experts ask where HR and effective RemCo oversight was at Carillion, as an investigation into bosses' behaviour is announced

Link between employment and security ‘fundamentally broken’

Fears around shrinking real-term pay affect not just those on?low incomes but all groups

Fat Cat Thursday spotlights "grossly excessive" exec pay

Continued government focus, shareholder and RemCo pressure, and better succession planning all cited as potential solutions

Just over half think businesses are ethical

?Only 52% of British people believe that businesses behave ethically, marking a slight improvement in public opinion