![[cover image]](images/issue/FS201412.jpg)  | December 2014 | 
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| Issue 50 (19/12/2014) - Unemployment down on both counts; Earnings growth stays below inflation rate;  Retail price inflation at five-year low;  Fit to work service;  New appeal over tribunal fees
Issue 49 (11/12/2014) - Osborne's cut to go much deeper;  Wages across the globe;  Young workers hit by casualization;  Reasons for rise in use of food banks;  Factory output higher;  Cut income inequality for economic growth
Issue 48 (04/12/2014) - Shared parental leave;  Business R&D in 2013;  Autumn Statement - more austerity;  Mergers and takeovers involving UK firms;  Discrimination against new mothers still rife;  nion recognition in voluntary sector[More ...] | 
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![[cover image]](images/issue/FS201411.jpg)  | November 2014 | 
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| Issue 47 (27/11/2014) - Economy - steady as you go in Q3;  CPI inflation measure is 'flawed';  Growth through people;  
Annual survey of hours and earnings 2014;  More working families living in poverty;  Low pay in April 2014;  Positive step at Grangemouth
Issue 46 (20/11/2014) - Unemployment falls on both main counts;  Average earnings posts a small rise;  No change for retail price inflation;  Police cover-up over blacklist links?;  Coalition MPs linked to privatised NHS
Issue 45 (13/11/2014) - Another downside to shift work;  Economic benefits of EU migrants;  Victory on disclosure;  Bereavement guidance;  Umbrella con trick
Issue 44 (06/11/2014) - Living Wage rises across UK;  Health and safety 2013-14;  Lost decade on pay;  Holiday pay victory;  2.5% for last pay round;  TUC welcomes a new affiliate [More ...] | 
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![[cover image]](images/issue/FS201410.jpg)  | October 2014 | 
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| Issue 43 (30/10/2014) - Banking job losses;  Living Wage victory;  Stress still top in TUC safety reps survey;  Scandal of low-paid workers in Britain;  Gender pay inequality;  Economic growth slows in Q3
Issue 42 (23/10/2014) - More evidence of executive excess;  No end to child poverty ... but a divided nation;  Parental leave and pay in civil service;  Factory output at a standstill in August;  Exclusivity clauses in zero-hours contracts;  Probe into payoff
Issue 41 (14/10/2014) - Inflation rates at five-year lows;  Unemployment dips below two million;  Data shows Britain needs a pay rise;  Ditch the car
Issue 40 (09/10/2014) - Thirty one more millionaire executives;  Stressed workers;  Lost decade on pay;  Four steps to defeat poverty in Britain;  Balance of payments
Issue 39 (02/10/2014) - Employment law changes in October;  Economic growth better than thought;  City fat cats purring;  Living Wage employer numbers rise;  Ford paternity case;  HSE should stop committee closures;  BACM teams up with Prospect[More ...] | 
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![[cover image]](images/issue/FS201409.jpg)  | September 2014 | 
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| Issue 38 (25/09/2014) - Working families; What a top executive gets - another 20;   Tax evasion spirals ever higher;  Slump in tribunal cases boosts UNISON's claim;  Executive pay focus;  Union's inquiry call on outsourcing
Issue 37 (18/09/2014) - Dip in inflation;  Unemployment fall;  Earnings in doldrums;  Conflict of interest at academy schools
Issue 36 (11/09/2014) - Unions are reaching out to LGBT workers;  Mental health at work;  Thirty more boardroom millionaires;  Manifesto for reporting on diversity;  Factory output still below peak
Issue 35 (04/09/2014) - Another 31 executives on £1m or more;  Dress codes at work;  Lower level of mergers and takeovers;  Young NEET women;  Happy retirement beckons for fat cats;  Growth to slow[More ...] | 
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![[cover image]](images/issue/FS201408.jpg)  | August 2014 | 
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| Issue 34 (28/08/2014) - Closed shop at the top;  Name and shame;  Welfare reforms hit working families most;  Pay settlements;  Tell us about loopholes;  Low-paid women are missing out;  Own up, clean up, pay up
Issue 33 (21/08/2014) - Self-employed rate at 40-year high;  Seven-figure pay packages for 19 more;  Older workforce grows by more than a third;  Fat cat lawyers and accountants;  Inflation down, 'grim news' for commuters
Issue 32 (14/08/2014) - Unemployment edges lower towards 2m;  Six ways to tackle living crisis;  Earnings misery;  High-skilled workforce missing in England;  Twenty-five executives on £1m or more
Issue 31 (07/08/2014) - Factory output up, but running out of steam;  Executive pay - another 26 on £1m plus;  CDC pension schemes;  Money is there for firefighters' pensions;  Stronger safeguards needed on silica dust;  Carr review hits political barriers;  London council's costly employment offer[More ...] | 
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![[cover image]](images/issue/FS201407.jpg)  | July 2014 | 
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| Issue 30 (31/07/2014) - Earnings and top executive pay;  Only now is economy above 2008 peak;  Union safety concerns over Network Rail;  ESA not fit for purpose, say MPs;  Priced out of justice
Issue 29 (24/07/2014) - Workers in the heat;  Young hit hardest by recession;  Labour disputes in 2013;  Boost for union political funds;  Network Rail faces equal pay claim;  Tories ramp up rhetoric on strikes
Issue 28 (17/07/2014) - Fall in unemployment;  Weak earnings growth;  Inflation higher;  Executive pay gap;  Acas in demand
Issue 27 (10/07/2014) - Pay-off 'value for money' or 'obscene'?;  Smaller increase in manufacturing output;  Executive pay - 35 on £1m or more;  Guidance on working from home;  Car industry expands;  Scottish referendum campaign money 
Issue 26 (03/07/2014) - Forty two executives with £1m plus packages;  Upturn in settlements to 2.6% in May;  Deaths at work fall, but not in construction;  Watchdog says Work Programme is flawed;  Balance of payments - trade deficit narrows;   Living Wage to be paid by food and drink firm[More ...] | 
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![[cover image]](images/issue/FS201406.jpg)  | June 2014 | 
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| Issue 25 (26/06/2014) - Boost to factory output;  New right to request flexible working;  Zero-hours contracts developments;  Asbestos in schools;  Minimum wage arrears;  Executive pay
Issue 24 (19/06/2014) - Dramatic drop in tribunal claims;  UK unemployment stays at five-year low;  No joy in negative earnings growth; Charities slam work placements scheme; Inflation continues on downward trend  
Issue 23 (12/06/2014) - Executive pay: 39 with a £1m package;  Campaign spending on Scottish referendum;  Justice for sale;  Living Wage win in higher education;  Reforms fail to bring reality to boardroom;  World Cup Advice
Issue 22 (05/06/2014) - Cable’s plans for zero-hours contracts;  Lost in tax; Dockers say no return to 50 years ago;  Trade unions steady ship in 2013;  2.5% rise for settlements;  Boardroom-worker divide on remuneration[More ...] | 
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![[cover image]](images/issue/FS201405.jpg)  | May 2014 | 
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| Issue 21 (29/05/2014) - UNISON can appeal over tribunal fees;  Economy grows with more expected;  Global Rights Index;  Ruling on holiday pay and commission;  Executive pay - 31 more on £1m plus;  It's a bit rich this list
Isue 20 (22/05/2014) - UK unemployment hits lowest level since 2009;  No change in retail price inflation;  Earnings-inflation gap widens again;  Agency runs blacklist
Issue 19 (15/05/2014) - Docker wins over homophobic abuse;  Executive pay ratchets ever higher;  Cameron  plans attack on unions;  Factory output up in first quarter;  Law on dangerous dogs tightened up;  Criticism over Gove's 'free' schools
Issue 18 (08/05/2014) - Executive pay;  Unions target UKIP;  Zero-hours contracts;  TUC guide to autism in the workplace;  Mental health support lacking at top firms;  Early conciliation is now compulsory
Issue 17 (01/05/2014) - EU court rebuffs UK over 'Robin Hood' tax;  Employers sign Living Wage agreements;  Role of union reps;  Economy moves up a gear at start of 2014;  Myths of compensation culture dispelled;  Latest estimate on zero-hours contracts[More ...] | 
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![[cover image]](images/issue/FS201404.jpg)  | April 2014 | 
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| Issue 16 (24/04/2014) - Women and surrogacy;  Asda women launch equal pay claim;  Executive pay and benefits - a new era?;  Smoke-free workplaces;  PCS in potential merger talks;  Ex-Remploy workers still unemployed;  Recognition success
Issue 15 (17/04/2014) - Unemployment rate falls below 7%;  Gangmaster worries after transfer;  Ignore the spin - living standards still hit;  Youth unemployment - top hotspots;  Inflation cut
Issue 14 (10/04/2014) - Union victory ends two-tier pay at NHS trust;  UNISON appeals over tribunal fees;  Manufacturing and production increase;  Launch of mental health campaign;  Government benefit reforms hit vulnerable;  Shopworkers need more protection
issue 13 (03/04/2014) - Jobs linked to Europe;  The economy;  Employment law changes introduced;  Not so fair Britain;  Royal Mail sold cheap;  Dads not taking paternity leave;  Zero-hours contracts - NI to investigate[More ...] | 
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![[cover image]](images/issue/FS201403.jpg)  | March 2014 | 
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| Issue 12 (27/03/2014) - Dip in inflation;  Compliance concerns over executive pay;  Reform, don't ban zero-hours contracts;  Inflation's basket of goods updated;  Help for young recruits
Issue 11 (20/03/2014) - Budget 2014;  Unemployment down;  'Shocking' fall in tribunal cases;  Weekly earnings rise;  Employment on the up
Issue 10 (13/03/2014) - Pay settlements rise;  UK workforce more stressed than Europe's;  Coalition attack on disabled people;  More apprenticeships would add to economy;  Women deserve better;  Council takes action on blacklisting;  Factory output up at start of year;  Minimum wage rise
Issue 9 (06/03/2014) -  Work-life difficulties older women face;  Childcare costs more than mortgage bill;  Need for clear policies to combat violence;  Minimum wage rise recommended;  UK women rank  low in wider labour market; Mergers and takeovers[More ...] | 
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![[cover image]](images/issue/FS201402.jpg)  | February 2014 | 
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| Issue 8 (27/02/2014) - HSBC bonus flanker;  Almost 400,000 more give free time at work;  Housing benefit goes to rich landlords;  Academy chain stripped of 10 schools;  No change on economic growth;  Date set for extending right to work flexibly;  Climate change and social justice
Issue 7 (20/02/2014) - Weekly earnings rise;  Unemployment down;  Missing link on fat cats' bonuses;  Retail price inflation starts year higher;  Not ferry nice
Issue 6 (13/02/2014) - No let up in banker's bonuses or job losses;  Rise in factory output at end of 2013;  High Court refuses tribunal fees review;  Protection against gangmasters;  Women and the cuts;  Increase in inward investment in 2012;  Not on a Living Wage
Issue 5 (06/02/2014) - TUPE changes take effect from end January;  Real wages falling, household incomes hit;  Shop staffs' claims go to Europe;  University pay divide;  Bullying in the workplace;  Pay settlements[More ...] | 
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![[cover image]](images/issue/FS201401.jpg)  | January 2014 | 
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| Issue 4 (30/01/2014) - British economy 'recovers' in 2013;  Private equity pay;  Mis-selling claim;  Stress in banking as job losses pile up;  Skill shortages;  Attack on facility time for teaching staff;  Business for Britain, no workers' rights?
Issue 3 (23/01/2014) - Government snub for shopworkers;  Earnings growth dips below 1% again;  Minimum wage fines to quadruple;  Take-home pay;  Unemployment shows sharp fall
Issue 2 (16/01/2014) - The year ahead;  Councils' use of Workfare scheme;  RPI inflation edges up at end of 2013;  Getting to grips with homophobia;  Factory output up;  Delay to statutory rates;  Fat cat Wednesday
Issue 1 (09/01/2014)  - Workers hit hard by coalition's welfare cuts;  Hypocrisy of university vice-chancellors;  Call for statutory bereavement leave;  Rail fare rip-off;  City fat cats[More ...] |