Shares bonus outstrips pay
BIG firms’ payouts to shareholders have risen by six times more than workers’ wages over the past five years, a study says.
FTSE 100 companies paid £123billion in dividends last year, a 56% rise on £79billion in 2014, while workers’ pay rose just 8.8%.
The TUC and think-tank the High Pay Centre said if wages had kept up with shares, the average worker would be £9,500 better off.
The TUC said: “Working people must get a fair share of wealth they make.”
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