Fact Service December 2017

Issue 50 (14/12/2017) - Scrooge employers named and shamed; No joy in average earnings figures

; Inflation dips to 3.9%; Unemployment heads south to 1.43 million

Issue 49 (07/12/2017) - More action against blacklisting firms; Workers on board plans watered down
; Reductions in working time - new guide
; Older workers miss out on new technology
; Boost to merger and takeover activity

Issue 50

Scrooge employers named and shamed
 (249 words)

Two hundred and sixty employers feature in a government list of firms that failed to pay 16,000 workers at least National Minimum Wage rates.
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No joy in average earnings figures
 (620 words)

The squeeze on workers’ living standards continues as earnings growth once again lags well behind inflation.
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Inflation dips to 3.9%
 (438 words)

Retail price inflation took a dip in November after a couple of months of increases.
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Unemployment heads south to 1.43 million
 (627 words)

Unemployment has continued to fall, according to official sources.
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Issue 49

More action against blacklisting firms
 (661 words)

High court proceedings have been issued by the Unite general union to bring the “controlling minds” behind the systematic blacklisting of workers ...
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Workers on board plans watered down
 (610 words)

A shorter, sharper code of corporate governance proposed by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) appears to confirm that that the government has ...
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Reductions in working time — new guide
 (278 words)

A new guide from the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) maps out the debate on working time reduction and provides multiple examples of ...
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Older workers miss out on new technology
 (299 words)

Most workers in their 50s have not received any computer training, a survey finds.
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Boost to merger and takeover activity
 (405 words)

Merger and acquisition activity (M&A) involving UK companies showed a rare recent burst of activity.
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