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Fact Service June 2017
Issue 26 (29/06/2017) - Gig is up ; Little or no progress on social mobility ; Retirement income gender gap widens ; New guidelines for apprenticeships; Voluntary sector takes up real Living Wage; Concerns over Brexit minister and asbestos
Issue 25 (22/06/2017) - Older workers a boost to the economy; Factory output shrinks in first quarter ; New dads miss out on paternity leave and pay; Landmark ruling on voluntary overtime ; Safe and comfortable working in a heatwave ; Scandal of unpaid holiday pay; Merger and takeover market much quieter
issue 24 (15/06/2017) - Earnings growth takes a big hit; Unemployment down by 50,000 ; Apprenticeships are on the rise ; Inflation rates hit five-year highs
Issue 23 (07/06/2017) - Gig economy staff want work, any work; Sorrell to top executive pay list again? Ethnic minorities stuck in insecure work; Possible strike action at Bank of England; On-call care workers win rise for sleep-ins; UK will see real decline in earnings
Issue 22 (01/06/2017) - Trade union membership 2016; Growth in number and usage of food banks; UK economic growth revised down; Equal pay victory at Glasgow council; Increase in days lost to strikes in 2016
Issue 26
Gig is up (269 words)
Over three million people — one in 10 of the UK workforce — now face insecurity at work, according to a TUC report on the gig economy.
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Little or no progress on social mobility (735 words)
Two decades of government efforts to improve social mobility have failed to deliver enough progress in reducing the gap between Britain’s “haves ... Subscribers only
Retirement income gender gap widens (199 words)
The gap between women’s and men’s annual average expected retirement incomes in 2017 is at its highest level for three years, according to new ...
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New guidelines for apprenticeships (229 words)
Employers must take responsibility for apprentices’ off-the-job training, according to new government guidelines.
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Voluntary sector takes up real Living Wage (322 words)
There has been a groundswell in support for responsible pay in the charity sector, with more charities signing up to the real Living Wage than ever ... Subscribers only
Concerns over Brexit minister and asbestos (488 words)
Brexit minister Steve Baker MP has lobbied the government to weaken asbestos laws, leading the Unite general union to demand that Theresa May's ... Subscribers only
Issue 25
Older workers a boost to the economy (299 words)
Britain’s economy could be boosted by £80 billion a year if the country employed as many older workers as Sweden, recently published figures ... Subscribers only
Factory output shrinks in first quarter (219 words)
The drugs industry has distorted the recent three-monthly figures for manufacturing output, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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News dads miss out on paternity leave and pay (344 words)
The TUC has called on the government to give new dads better paternity leave and pay entitlements.
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Landmark ruling on voluntary overtime (279 words)
Veolia Environmental Services was accused by the Unite general union of hiding behind Brexit when it failed to incorporate overtime pay into annual ... Subscribers only
Safe and comfortable working in a heatwave (240 words)
The appearance of the sun and the rise in temperature has brought out useful reminders for workers of the risks associated with exposure to the sun's ... Open access
Scandal of unpaid holiday pay (550 words)
Employers are cheating British workers out of at least £1.5 billion a year in holiday pay to which they are legally entitled, a study has found.
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Merger and takeover market much quieter (197 words)
The start of 2017 saw a lower level of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity involving UK when compared with fourth quarter 2016 and with the ... Open access
Issue 24
Earnings growth takes a big hit (752 words)
The battering of workers’ living standards continued as growth in average weekly earnings lagged even further behind the rise in retail price ... Subscribers only
Unemployment down by 50,000 (630 words)
UK unemployment continued on its downward trajectory, official figures show.
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Apprenticeships are on the rise (188 words)
Employers are scaling up their apprenticeship programmes in 2017, with hiring expected to increase by 59%, according to the Association of Graduate ... Open access
Inflation rates hit five-year highs (407 words)
Price inflation in May was at its highest level since 2012, official figures show.
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Issue 23
Gig economy staff want work, any work (307 words)
Many employees working in the gig economy are desperate for any work rather than actively choosing this form of employment, according to research ... Subscribers only
Sorrell to top executive pay list again? (827 words)
Thirty-three top executives, who received at least £1 million in their remuneration package last year, feature in the table on page 90.
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Ethnic minorities stuck in insecure work (367 words)
Black, Asian and minority ethnic people are over a third more likely than white people to be stuck in temporary or zero-hours work, according to a ... Subscribers only
Possible strike action at Bank of England (257 words)
Staff at the Bank of England have begun voting on whether to hold a strike this year in protest at below-inflation pay rises, union sources told ... Subscribers only
On-call care workers win rise for sleep-ins (220 words)
The charity Mencap has agreed to pay care workers above the National Minimum Wage for sleep-ins, following a successful campaign by public services ... Open access
UK will see real decline in earnings (152 words)
Real wages in the UK will fall by 1.2% in 2018, with nominal earnings growth of 1.5% outstripped by inflation of 2.7%, the OECD’s latest Economic ... Open access
Issue 22
Trade union membership 2016 (559 words)
The overall membership of trade unions fell last year, and, allied with a growth in employment, union density fell again, the latest official figures ... Subscribers only
Growth in number and usage of food banks (399 words)
There are at least 2,000 food banks operating in the UK, giving out emergency food parcels on a weekly basis to people in hardship, according to ... Subscribers only
UK economic growth revised down (163 words)
The estimate of growth in the UK economy has been revised downwards in official figures.
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Equal pay victory at Glasgow council (287 words)
Public services union UNISON has won an equal pay victory which will affect thousands of low-paid workers in Glasgow.
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Increase in days lost to strikes in 2016 (843 words)
The number of working days lost to industrial action in 2016 was the eighth lowest annual total since records began in 1891, the Office for National ... Subscribers only