Executive pay

Full benefits package would differentiate firms from competitors.

Union angered by proposed directors bonuses that come weeks after redundancy announcements

Finance and marketing directors continue to outstrip HR directors in the pay stakes in firms across the globe, according to research

Chief executives in the NHS have seen their salaries increase between 3.5% and 5% in the past year.

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The number of companies paying seven-figure salaries to their directors has passed 1,000

Directors from 350 FTSE companies received an 18% increase in their annual pay and bonuses last year.

A US chief executive has been suspended pending investigation of an unpaid American Express bill run up in a strip club.

Non-executive directors have seen their pay increase twice as fast as other executives in the past year, according to research by KPMG.

The average pay of a chief executive at the UK’s top companies is now more than £2.5m.

Deloitte chief earns twice as much as PricewaterhouseCooper's boss.

The pay packets of UK non-executive directors have risen by an average of 21% over the past 18 months

The BBC's head of HR was paid £313,000 in the last financial year, the corporation's annual report reveals.

Executives in FTSE 500 companies should be expecting pay rises of between just 3% and 4% this financial year, according to a survey.

CEO dismissals and other forced departures reached record levels last year, according to the fourth annual survey of CEO turnover.