Fact Service June 2018

Issue 26 (28/06/2018) - Forty executives pocket total of £90.7m


; Postal staff still suffer too many dog attacks


; Tribunal ruling favours Hermes couriers
; Advice and guidance on overtime from Acas

; Unacceptable level of destitution in UK

Issue 25 (21/06/2018) - Trade unions in 2017; Allow flexible working during World Cup; Trans discrimination rife among employers; TUC calls for radical overhaul of family pay
; Employment passport for Pimlico plumber

; Apprenticeship starts down in 2017-18
; Forecasts for economy

Issue 24 (14/06/2018 - Boardroom-worker pay gap must be published; Retail price inflation remains above 3%; Unemployment at its lowest level since 2005; Earnings growth 'stuck in slow lane'

Issue 23 (07/06/2018) - Thirty two executives on £1m or more a year; High-value deals boost inward takeovers; Striking figures on labour disputes; EU posted workers directive revised; Widening generational pay gap hits young

Issue 26

Forty executives pocket total of £90.7m
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The company reporting season is already coming to an end for this year, but there are still some huge remuneration packages to top executive to ...
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Postal staff still suffer too many dog attacks
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Postal staff deliver six days a week to around 30 million addresses across the UK and dog attacks are a significant hazard with over 44 postmen and ...
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Tribunal ruling favours Hermes couriers
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The legal decisions continue to stack up against gig economy companies that claim staff are “self-employed.
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Advice and guidance on overtime from Acas
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Employment relations service Acas has published updated guidance on overtime.
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Unacceptable level of destitution in UK
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Around 1.5 million people were destitute in the UK at some point during 2017, according to poverty campaign group the Joseph Rowntree Foundation ...
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Issue 25

Trade unions in 2017
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Membership of trade unions increased in 2017, official figures show.
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Allow flexible working during World Cup
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The TUC has called on employers to allow staff to work flexibly if they want to watch the World Cup during their normal working hours. 
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Trans discrimination rife among employers 
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A strong prejudice among UK employers towards transgender workers with one in three employers admitting they are “less likely” to hire a ...
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TUC calls for radical overhaul of family pay
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One in four men who became dads in the last year didn’t qualify for paternity pay, according to the TUC.
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Employment passport for Pimlico plumber
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There have been two recent positives for those fighting for employment rights at work in the gig economy.
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Apprenticeship starts down in 2017-18
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The number of apprenticeship starts has fallen significantly since last year, calling into question the effectiveness of the apprenticeship levy.
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Forecasts for economy
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There’s been little overall change in forecasts between May and June, according to the latest Forecasts for the UK economy from the Treasury.
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Issue 24

Boardroom-worker pay gap must be published 
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The UK’s largest companies will have to justify the pay gap between bosses and their workers under new government regulations laid before ...
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Retail price inflation remains above 3%
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The retail price inflation rate returned to its March level in May.
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Unemployment at its lowest since 2005
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Unemployed hit its lowest level for 13 years, official figures show.
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Earnings growth 'stuck in slow lane'
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In April 2018, average weekly earnings growth, including bonuses, were provisionally estimated to have risen by 2.5%, unchanged on the revised ...
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Issue 23

Thirty two executives on £1m or more a year 
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Thirty two top executives received a total of £73.88 million last year, the latest Fact Service examination of the remuneration reports of top FTSE 3 ...
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High-value deals boost inward takeovers 
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The values of inward and domestic mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals in the first quarter of 2018 were above the values recorded in all ...
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Striking figures on labour disputes
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The number of strikes and the number of workers involved in strikes were at all-time lows last year. The number of days lost was the sixth lowest on ...
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EU posted workers directive revised
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Workers posted to another EU country will be entitled to the same rate of pay and working conditions as their local counterparts, under revised rules ...
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Widening generational pay gap hits young
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The pay gap between young and older workers has increased by half in the last 20 years, according to a new report published by the TUC. 
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