Just Share study highlights SA’s yawning pay gap
Shoprite’s CEO earned 1,081 times more than the company’s internal minimum wage in 2022
22 June 2023 - 15:27
Shareholder activist group Just Share has highlighted the so-called vertical pay gap prevalent in SA by focusing on the extreme pay disparities between the highest and lowest paid workers at eight JSE-listed companies.
The Cape Town-based advocacy group has for several years been lobbying the boards of directors of JSE-listed companies to disclose the wages of their lowest-paid workers alongside the remuneration details of their C-suite executives that they normally publish. ..
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