Executive pay

Top European companies tie executive pay to carbon targets

The majority (78%) of the 50 largest companies in Europe have adopted carbon targets in their calculation of executive pay, according to research by PwC UK and the London Business School.

Executives protected from pay cuts during pandemic

Company executives were less likely to receive a pay cut during the pandemic compared to other employees.

Employers criticised for keeping coronavirus support money

Greencore, John Lewis Partnership and WH Smith have joined a list of companies facing criticism for reaping financial reward during the pandemic, yet not repaying money secured from the government for...

CEO pay passes average annual income after just 38 hours of work

The median earnings of a FTSE 100 CEO for 2022 will have surpassed £31,285 this morning, the median annual wage for a full-time worker in the UK, after just 38 hours of work.

12 months of 2021: July

It was another year of turbulence for people professionals. Our 12 Days of Christmas countdown reviews what made the headlines in 2021.

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

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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

MPs back extension of Women in Finance Charter

Over half of MPs (54%) back a recommendation to extend the Women in Finance Charter to cover all businesses not just those in the financial sector, according to the Association of Accounting...

Fat Cat Friday marks widening of CEO-worker pay gap

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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

FTSE 100 CEO pay rises by 11% in a year

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CEO reward increases outstrip pay rises for the wider workforce, fuelling questions over fairness and governance in Britain’s businesses

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