![[Basket]](images/basket.png){kind=small}
Your order![[cover image]](images/issue/FS201607.jpg)
![[PDF]](images/pdf.gif)
Fact Service July 2016
Issue 30 (28/07/2016) - Union political funds bring in more income; Progress needed on transgender equality; Economy grows in second quarter; Green family used BHS as milch cow; Lack of progress on disability rights; Workers should take care in heat of the sun
Issue 29 (21/07/2016) - Earnings growth dips; Air fares fuel inflation; UK's 'badge of shame' on disability rights; Unemployment hits 11-year low as numbers fall
Issue 28 (14/07/2016) - More top executives on £1m or more a year; How to deal with issue of fatigue; Manufacturing boost ; NLW - the first 100 days and a crisis; Below par academies
Issue 27 (07/07/2016) - Forty executives living in ££££ land; Rise in deaths at work; Mesothelioma and its deadly toll; Poverty rise in the UK; Three more join Living Wage family
Issue 30
Union political funds bring in more income (411 words)
The number of members contributing to their union’s political fund has fallen, but income and expenditure have risen, according to the latest ...
Subscribers only
Progress needed on transgender equality (433 words)
Rather belatedly, the government has responded to the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee's report on transgender equality that was ... Subscribers only
Economy grows in second quarter (129 words)
The UK economy expanded in the second quarter of the year, official figures show.
...
Open access
Green family used BHS as milch cow (546 words)
A litany of failures culminating in a disposal of company “at any cost” to a wholly unsuitable “chancer” is detailed in a House of Commons ... Subscribers only
Lack of progress on disability rights (407 words)
A new national effort to promote disability rights is needed as “progress has stalled”, said David Isaac, chair of the Equality and Human Rights ... Subscribers only
Workers should take care in heat of the sun (392 words)
The appearance of the sun and the rise in temperature has also brought out useful reminders for workers of the risks associated with exposure to ... Subscribers only
Issue 29
Earnings growth dips (579 words)
In May, growth in average weekly earnings slipped back. The rise in average weekly earnings for the whole economy was provisionally down to 2.1% ... Subscribers only
Air fares fuel inflation (424 words)
Both retail price inflation and consumer price inflation posted increases in June on the back of higher air fares and dearer fuel.
... Subscribers only
UK’s ‘badge of shame’ on disability rights (388 words)
A new national effort to promote disability rights is needed as “progress has stalled”, says the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
... Subscribers only
Unemployment hits 11-year low as numbers fall (608 words)
The UK unemployment rate has fallen to a new 11 year-low, official figures show.
... Subscribers only
Issue 28
More top executives on £1m or more a year (680 words)
Thirty-two executives whose remuneration package came to over £1 million a year feature this week. The figures are released as the new prime ... Subscribers only
How to deal with issue of fatigue (256 words)
Fatigue, both long-term, chronic fatigue and acute fatigue or sleepiness, is a major problem for many workers, according to TUC guidance.
... Subscribers only
Manufacturing boost (136 words)
Factory output expanded in the three months to May, official figures show.
... Open access
NLW — the first 100 days and a crisis (568 words)
So far, so good, in the first 100 days since the introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW) — the higher National Minimum Wage (NMW) for ... Subscribers only
Below par academies (531 words)
One in five established sponsored academy chains (eight out of 39) are performing substantially below the national average for attainment and ... Subscribers only
Issue 27
Forty executives living in ££££ land (750 words)
Another tranche of 40 top executives whose remuneration packages was over £1 million feature in the table. These 40 packages totalled £101.38 ... Subscribers only
Rise in deaths at work (350 words)
The overall number of workers fatally injured at work in Great Britain rose for a second successive year, according to the latest official ... Subscribers only
Mesothelioma and its deadly toll (130 words)
The number of deaths from mesothelioma, a form of cancer that develops following the inhalation of asbestos fibres, continues to run at over 2,500 a ... Open access
Poverty rise in the UK (798 words)
The levels and rates of poverty in the UK, including forecasts for future years, have been set out in a House of Commons Library research paper.
... Subscribers only
Three more join Living Wage family (197 words)
A trio of companies have committed to paying the voluntary Living Wage.
... Open access