Guidance from the FCA recommends that decisions on pay should be undertaken by a board/remuneration committee that comprises a broad range of skills and knowledge, with members from a variety of backgrounds that particularly include HR (for the people management side), and members with sector (crucial for the wider understanding) and other relevant experience. If there is a skills gap, the guidance recommends specialist advice is sought.
Losing staff at executive level can have a significant impact and recent research suggests it could cost as much as 6x the salary in lost profit. With today’s salary rates that doesn’t take much to build up to £millions of losses.
The CIPD has reported that less than 80% of organisations have a defined HR strategy and less than half of these organisations make any effort to align their reward strategy to their business objectives.
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