Pay has grown more quickly for the super-rich than low-paid workers

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Explaining the data:

The data on the minimum wage is available via https://www.gov.uk/ national-minimum-wage-rates... the data on CEO pay is taken from the Manifest/MM&K Total Director Remuneration Survey 2012 and 2013. 

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It take a CEO 3 days to "earn" what an average worker earns in a year!

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Explaining the data:

CEO pay of £4.25 million is take from the Manifest survey of CEO pay, while workers’ pay of £27,000 is taken from the Office of National Statistics Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. To calculate hourly pay, we have (generously) assumed that CEOs take just 10 days annual leave and work an average 12 hours a day, 6 days a week.

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