DEBATE: Could bringing back bonuses help make pay fairer? DEBATE: Could bringing back performance-based bonuses help make pay fairer? Could bringing back performance-based bonuses help make pay fairer? YES, says Giles Gibbons, chief executive of Good Business, an ethical strategy consultancy. News this week that FTSE 100 bosses earn a typical worker’s wage in just 33 hours angered people across the UK — something has to change. And counter-intuitive as it may seem, bringing [...]
Debate: Should the tapered annual allowance for tax on pensions be abolished? Should the tapered annual allowance for tax on pensions be abolished? Yes – Steve Webb is director of policy at Royal London. To understand why this issues matters, just look at doctors. Most senior doctors are well-paid and are in a good pension scheme. But when doctors who work harder can end up out-of-pocket, something [...]
