Corporate governance and exec remuneration at Thomas Cook

Questions need to be asked about whether board members had the best interests of the company at heart

Executive pay: Is RemCo discretion the answer?

Demonstrating that RemCos understand the wider workforce’s pay packages, powers to exercise discretion, and a willingness to act may go a long way towards addressing high pay issues

Executive pay: Pensions aren't the point

Focusing on aligning executives' pension contribution levels with the wider workforce will not solve ongoing issues with executive pay

Exec pay falls by 13% but gulf between top and bottom of firms remains "unacceptably wide"

Executive salaries remain far higher than those of the average worker despite a slight decrease over the past year, according to research from the CIPD and the High Pay Centre

Will linking exec bonuses to diversity at Uber actually work?

Uber’s bold move to link executive bonuses to diversity metrics has raised eyebrows, but is the criticism too harsh?

Minimum wage boost won't end in-work poverty

Increases to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage welcomed, but experts say organisations must do more to support employees on low pay

RemCos must cap executive pay and appoint employee reps, say MPs

Large companies should better share profits with staff by curbing exec pay, a select committee report has said. But critics highlight how long academics and politicians have been suggesting such...

Government publishes new guidance on gender pay gap

?As the reporting deadline for the second year approaches new guidance has been released to help employers close their gaps

Fat Cat Friday: Does HR only have itself to blame?

While poor corporate governance and boards have been blamed for the CEO-worker pay gap, HR should look to its own management processes and ask if employees as a whole are losing out

HRDs earn almost £25k less than FDs

Recent figures obtained from top executives across the UK show that finance directors earn significantly more than HR directors

Sadiq Khan publishes guide to tackling gender pay gap

The mayor of London has published a toolkit for employers as the latest data on gender pay in the city reveals a “varied picture”

Fat Cat Friday marks widening of CEO-worker pay gap

The UK’s top bosses make more in three days than a typical full-time worker will make in a year, according to research from the High Pay Centre and the CIPD