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Read Barry's post 45.
Then read this from Sky News today:
"Over the last financial year, the chief executives of Britain's top companies have seen pay increase by 12% on average to £4.8m - or 185 times the average wage - the High Pay Centre said in a report."
Deborah Hargreaves, the High Pay Centre's director, said:
"It's wrong that Britain's bosses are taking home more and more money as their companies shrink, their employees are squeezed and jobs are being lost."
"Chief executives are hoping that their big bonus and their inflated rewards culture will escape attention, now that the banking crisis has passed."
She added that the pay increases were "damaging to the economy and to the morale of Britons struggling to make a living".
"The majority of growth has not been in salaries, the report found, but in bonuses, grants of restricted shares, long-term incentive plans and new pay structures."
The think tank said a "dramatic simplification" of top pay packages was needed, because "in the vast majority of cases, the way leaders are rewarded remains complex and hidden from public scrutiny".
"High pay - with rewards that are out of kilter with results - is having a corrosive impact on our living standards, our economy and our society," Ms Hargreaves added."
Then reread Barry's post!!!
