Fact Service October 2014

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

Issue 43

Banking job losses (374 words)

Lloyds Bank has announced that it is to cut a further 9,000 jobs over the next three years. ...
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Living Wage victory (214 words)

Entertainment union BECTU has secured a Living Wage victory at Curzon Cinemas. ...
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Stress still top in TUC safety reps survey (904 words)

Stress, bullying and harassment, overwork, back strains and slips, and trips and falls on a level were the top five hazards cited by respondents to ...
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Scandal of low-paid workers in Britain (490 words)

A record five million workers are now in low-paid jobs, according to a new report, sparking calls for government action to help tackle the problem. ...
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Gender pay inequality (183 words)

The UK has slipped eight places in the world rankings for gender pay equality, a report suggests. ...
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Economic growth slows in Q3 (96 words)

Economic growth slowed to 0.7% in the third quarter from 0.9% in the second, official figures show. ...
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Issue 42

More evidence of executive excess (559 words)

A lucky dozen top executives, who received more than £1 million in total remuneration, feature in the table below. ...
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No end to child poverty ... but a divided nation (809 words)

The social recovery needed to get Britain back on track to abolish child poverty has not happened. That is the damning indictment of the Social ...
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Parental leave and pay in civil service (291 words)

Fathers working in the civil service who want to share parental leave will be entitled to the same benefits and salary as mothers from next April, ...
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Factory output at a standstill in August (125 words)

Latest official figures show growth in manufacturing output at a standstill. ...
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Exclusivity clauses in zero-hours contracts (360 words)

The government’s consultation on closing the potential loopholes that employers may try to use to avoid the proposed exclusivity ban in zero-hours ...
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Probe into payoff (120 words)

The fine print of a payoff package to be paid to a council’s chief executive is being examined by the public finance watchdog, the Wales Audit ...
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Issue 41

Inflation rates at five-year lows (483 words)

The inflation rate fell on both main measures to the lowest levels for almost five years, official figures show. ...
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Unemployment dips below two million (581 words)

Unemployment fell below the two million mark for the first time in almost six years, the latest official figures show. ...
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Data shows Britain needs a pay rise (667 words)

Thousands of trade unionists joined the TUC march to the call of Britain needs a pay rise as the latest official figures still show pay rises bumping ...
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Ditch the car (252 words)

“Active” commuters who shun the car and walk, cycle or take public transport to work, show improved psychological wellbeing. They felt better ...
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Issue 40

Thirty one more millionaire executives (701 words)

A private sector housebuilding boom and the government’s Help to Buy scheme has proved to be lucrative for builders Crest Nicholson and its chief ...
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Stressed workers (203 words)

Employees suffering from high stress levels have lower engagement, are less productive and have higher absentee levels than those not operating under ...
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Lost decade on pay (232 words)

Real take-home pay will still lag behind pre-crisis levels in 2017, says a new report from the forecasting group, EY ITEM Club. ...
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Four steps to defeat poverty in Britain (877 words)

With one in three children and nearly one in four working-age adults forecast to be living in poverty by 2020, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) ...
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Balance of payments (239 words)

Britain’s trading position with the rest of world suffered a reverse as official figures showed that the UK’s current account deficit was £23.1 ...
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Issue 39

Employment law changes in October (452 words)

A number of important changes for workers take effect from 1 October. ...
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Economic growth better than thought (176 words)

UK economic growth has been revised up to 0.9% for the second quarter of the year by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), against the previous ...
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City fat cats purring (557 words)

As far as directors in the City are concerned the financial crisis of 2007-08 is now just a bad memory and seven figure salaries are rife. ...
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Living Wage employer numbers rise (169 words)

Nine hundred organisations have now signed up to be Living Wage employers, according to the Living Wage Foundation. ...
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Ford paternity pay case (371 words)

Ford Motors has successfully defended its policy of paying additional paternity leave at the statutory minimum, despite offering generous maternity ...
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HSE should stop committee closures (335 words)

The HSE’s board to halt plans to close vital health and safety committees and to replace the current system with “experts” such as academics ...
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BACM teams up with Prospect (160 words)

Members of the mining union British Association of Colliery Management — Technical, Energy and Administration Management (BACM-TEAM) have voted ...
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