Is Serving on the Remuneration or Audit Committee more Difficult?

The accountability of the remuneration committee and the regulation and shareholder scrutiny of remuneration matters have been increasing in recent years. Has the role of the remuneration committee become as onerous, if not more so, than that of the audit committee? One consideration that may affect a response to the above query is whether an organisation has separated the challenging and involved work of risk and compliance from the audit committee into a committee of its own.