Executive Pay

CEO pay keeps on rising in this country at the expense of the everyday worker's wages. A report lays bare the true story of the expanding ratio between CEO pay and the average person's salary.

Right out of the blocks, House Democrats are pushing a tax reform in the 114th Congress that responds to public concerns over the persistently wide gaps between CEO and worker pay.

Young activists in Switzerland have plutocrats hyperventilating — and spending a fortune to beat back a ballot initiative that would establish a legal limit on the pay gap between top execs and their workers.

How much did America's top execs make last year? The scorekeepers don't all agree. But that won't matter if we keep our eyes on the most important figure of all: the pay gap between CEOs and workers.

The old robber barons exploited workers and gouged consumers. Today's robber barons are making millions off a new class of victims: average American taxpayers.

Corporations seem to be cutting back on the CEO perks that most inflame public opinion against executive pay excess. But CEOs, even so, have little reason to complain.

Forty years ago, U.S. corporate honchos saw their power ebbing away. So they did what corporate honchos always do. They asked for a memo.

So much for 'pay for performance': New research from Harvard shows that 'peer networks' at the corporate summit significantly escalate executive compensation.

This year, for the first time, shareholders in the United States can vote on CEO pay. UK shareholders have had that right since 2002, but it hasn't slowed CEO pay excess. A new UK High Pay Commission report explores why.