With the turbulence of the coronavirus pandemic shedding light on the inequalities within the corporate world, executive pay has been a hotly debated issue over the past 12 months.
As workers have struggled with limited pay, furlough and redundancies throughout the pandemic, some workplace bodies and members of the UK Government have questioned the ethics of leaders such as Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol taking home a total of $14million (£10.8million) in 2020 – the equivalent of 2,898 times the median employee salary at the company.