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Fact Service May 2017
Issue 21 (25/05/2017) - Twenty-five executive share £77.22 million; Rich bankroll Tory election campaign; Challenges of an ageing workforce; Few with mental health problems have job; Zero action over right to request fixed hours?
issue 20 (18/05/2017) - UK unemployment falls by 53,000 78; Wages lose ground with inflation ; Fight for recognition at privatised IT firms ; Retail price inflation at five-year high
Issue 19 (11/05/2017) - Twenty-five executives share £66.6 million; MPs slam gig economy; Number of health and safety inspectors down; Training providers hit by funding cuts; Guarantee workers' rights post-Brexit; Firms getting around exclusivity clauses
Issue 18 (04/05/2017) - Forty executives share £89.4 million ; Launch of Institute of Apprenticeships ; North-South divide in economy to widen ; Tory benefit cuts to hit poorest families; Fire services sign up to Dying to Work ; DX faces legal action over pay and holidays
Issue 21
Twenty-five executives share £77.22 million (631 words)
Twenty-five more top executives, who received at least £1 million in their remuneration package last year, feature in the table on page 82.
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Rich bankroll Tory election campaign (275 words)
Forty-five rich individuals have signed cheques worth £3.29 million in total over to the Conservative Party to bankroll their general election ... Subscribers only
Challenges of an ageing workforce (635 words)
The challenges posed by the ageing population are not exclusively borne by the younger generation, according to an Institute for Employment Studies ... Subscribers only
Few with mental health problems have job (377 words)
Only one in four people with a mental illness or phobia lasting for 12 months or more are in work, according to a report published by the TUC to ... Subscribers only
Zero action over right to request fixed hours? (266 words)
The government-commissioned Taylor inquiry into working practices is set to call for employees on zero-hours contracts to be given the right to ... Subscribers only
Issue 20
UK unemployment falls by 53,000 (604 words)
The number of unemployed people fell by 53,000 to 1.54 million in the three-month period ending March 2017, Labour Force Survey figures show.
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Wages lose ground with inflation (732 words)
Workers’ living standards took another hit in March as growth in average weekly earnings lagged well behind the rise in retail price inflation.
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Fight for recognition at privatised IT firms (205 words)
Members of the PCS public and commercial services union are building campaigns for union recognition at two new government-owned companies set up to ...
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Retail inflation at five-year high (436 words)
Retail price inflation hit a five-year high in April, official figures show.
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Issue 19
Twenty-five executives share £66.6 million (644 words)
Yet another tranche of top executives, who received at least £1 million in their remuneration package last year, feature in the table on page 74. ... Subscribers only
MPs slam gig economy (559 words)
Gig economy companies are free-riding on the welfare state, according to a committee of MPs.
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Number of health and safety inspectors down (237 words)
Workers’ lives are being placed at risk due to the cut in the number of frontline health and safety inspectors.
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Training providers hit by funding cuts (344 words)
Apprenticeship training providers have reacted with dismay to government cuts to the funding that helps support smaller businesses offering ... Subscribers only
Guarantee workers’ rights post-Brexit (280 words)
A study that found that workers in low-skilled sectors face greatest risk from erosion of rights has brought a call from the TUC for workplace rights ... Subscribers only
Firms getting around exclusivity clauses (204 words)
Firms keen to distance themselves from controversial zero-hours contracts are tying staff to deals which carry many of the same problems and ... Open access
Issue 18
Forty executives share £89.4 million (708 words)
Yet another 40 top executives, who received at least £1 million in their remuneration package last year, feature in the table on page 70.
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Launch of Institute of Apprenticeships (331 words)
Details of how the Institute for Apprenticeships will operate, carry out its functions and improve the quality of apprenticeships in England have ... Subscribers only
North-South divide in UK economy to widen (512 words)
London and the South East will account for two-fifths of the UK economy by 2022 if current trends continue, according to a TUC analysis.
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Tory benefit cuts will hit poorest families (246 words)
Cuts to benefits have been small as yet, but government plans for future cuts would significantly reduce the incomes of low-income working-age ... Open access
Fire services sign up to Dying to Work (131 words)
West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service is the latest fire service to sign up to the Dying to Work campaign, following the Staffordshire service ... Open access
DX faces legal action over pay and holidays (205 words)
Mail and parcel delivery firm DX is to face legal action over the entitlement of its delivery drivers to various employment rights.
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