Autumn Budget 2018: What’s in store for HR?

Ahead of Hammond’s Autumn Budget on Monday, we outline what the HR community can expect to see

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

PwC to ban all-male shortlists

PwC has banned all-male shortlists for jobs in the UK, in an attempt to boost the number of women in senior roles

Pay ratios ineffective in tackling inequality feel employers

Employers and policymakers should be cautious in how they approach pay ratios as they could be too simplistic

The vice-chancellor pay debate: An HRD's view

Part of the challenge with the university sector is that people compare senior pay here with the public sector

Executive pay: The CEO's view

There are CEOs driven solely by money, but they are in the minority

The exec price tag: Reforming executive pay

UK executive pay is reaching staggering levels. Does HR need to tailor a better reward and incentive fit?

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

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

Revised corporate governance code proposes wider RemCo remit

The FRC consultation also includes plans to require firms to publish their executive gender balance and on worker representation on boards