Companies within the scope of the Code (all companies with a premium UK listing) must either comply with the Code’s provisions, or explain to shareholders why they are not compliant. The full Code can be downloaded from the FRC’s website.
The new Code marks a shift away from the linkage between pay and the need to recruit and retain high calibre executives. Instead, remuneration committees must consider a wide range of factors specific to the nature and circumstances of the business when setting pay for executives. In his new blog, Andrew Menhennet discusses what this means in practice for the use of market data – much maligned by the FRC for what it sees as the resulting upward ‘ratchet’ effect on executive pay. To find out what he thinks, follow the link to the Yellow Hat blog page.
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To find out how it might affect you, contact Yellow Hat Reward ([email protected]). Yellow Hat Reward are the only dedicated reward specialist in the Cambridge area, providing consultancy and on-going support in all areas of employee reward, including performance-related pay programmes, international reward, executive pay, benefits and pensions.
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