In the UK, the big bosses now paid € 6.5 million on average – Le Monde

Le Monde | 08/09/2016 at 6:49 • Updated 09/08/2016 at 7:04 | By Eric Albert (London, correspondence)

Despite the scandals, despite the change in your policy, despite the new regulations, despite the growing irritation of shareholders, inflation salaries of very large bosses continue in the UK. In 2015, the CEOs of companies in the FTSE 100, the main stock index, have received an increase of 10% compared to 2014. Their average compensation now amounts to 5.5 million pounds (6.5 million euros), according to calculations of the High Pay Centre, which published its annual report on the subject, Monday, August 8. This is a one-third increase over 2010. “It does not seem to have limits” , regrets Stefan Stern, director of the British think tank.

the gap with the employees working in these companies is growing every year a little more. In 1998, a big boss in the UK earned 47 times the average salary of its employees. In 2015, it was 140 times.

Even between major British bosses, growing inequalities. While most experienced …