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Fact Service August 2017
Issue 35 (31/08/2017) - Rich bankroll Tories to tune of £25 million; Four programmes for career-break returners; Conservatives bottle it on governance reforms ; Dying to work milestone ; PFI - profiting from infirmaries - big time
Issue 34 (24/08/2017) - Executive pay measures to be watered down ; Named and shamed but where is social care?; Commission sets out pay gap strategy ; Links between health, jobs and unemployment; Growth in UK economy slows 'markedly'; McDonald's workers vote to go on strike
Issue 33 (17/08/2017) - Fines up, prosecutions down, say HSE ; July RPI inflation rate bad news for rail users; Unemployment rate at a new 42-year low; Workers get no joy from earnings data
Issue 32 (10/08/2017) - UNISON success over failure to consult ; Survey finds pay cuts at top for once ; Single parents hit by benefit cap; Divide in different ethnic groups' incomes ; Firms fined over asbestos in school; Courier a worker not independent contractor ; Enforcing the National Minimum Wage
Issue 31 (03/08/2017) - Million women lose out over state pension ; Academies overspend ; Victory on overtime and holiday pay ; Twenty-five share over £49 million ; Time for rethink on skills in UK
Issue 35
Rich bankroll Tories to tune of £25 million (381 words)
A record £40 million was raised by British political parties in the second quarter of the year, particularly in the run-up to the general election ...
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Four programmes for career-break returners (464 words)
New programmes to help people return to work after career breaks have been launched by the Government Equalities Office.
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Conservatives bottle it on governance reforms (760 words)
Trade unions have accused prime minister Theresa May of “watering down” plans to tackle corporate excess after the government revealed its plans ... Subscribers only
Dying to work milestone (197 words)
A milestone was reached when the Royal Mail Group recently signed the TUC’s Dying to Work Charter. It means that over half a million workers are ...
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PFI — profiting from infirmaries — big time (400 words)
Companies that have built NHS hospitals in England under the private finance initiative (PFI) have made pre-tax profits of £831 million over the ... Subscribers only
Issue 34
Executive pay measures to be watered down (746 words)
The government is said to be publishing a paper on corporate governance next week, but measures to rein in excessive pay in the boardroom are likely ... Subscribers only
Named and shamed but where is social care? (323 words)
Retailer Argos tops a list of 233 employers named and shamed for National Minimum Wage offences.
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Commission sets out pay gap strategy (448 words)
All jobs should be advertised as available for flexible working, and greater support should be given to fathers to play more of a role in childcare, ... Subscribers only
Links between health, jobs and unemployment (273 words)
People employed in low-paying or highly stressful jobs may not actually enjoy better health than those who remain unemployed, a study by researchers ... Subscribers only
Growth in UK economy slows 'markedly' (273 words)
Growth slowed noticeably in the first half of the year is the latest official opinion on the UK economy.
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McDonald’s workers to vote to go on strike (158 words)
Workers at two branches of the burger multinational McDonald’s have voted to take industrial action on 4 September.
... Open access
Issue 33
Fines up, prosecutions down, says HSE (286 words)
The size of fines is going up, but fewer cases are being taken, says TUC health and safety policy officer Hugh Robertson in his analysis of the ... Subscribers only
July RPI inflation rate bad news for rail users (511 words)
Retail price inflation rebounded in July, providing bad news for next year for rail users.
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Unemployment rate at a new 42-year low (635 words)
UK unemployment continues on its downward path, official figures show.
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Workers get no joy from earnings data (764 words)
Living standards continue to be hit as growth in earnings lags behind inflation and there’s more to come.
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Issue 32
UNISON success over failure to consult (316 words)
Organisations should consult unions before making changes to contracts that will affect their members, the Court of Appeal has said, in a ruling that ... Subscribers only
Survey finds pay cuts at top for once (447 words)
The average pay package of a chief executive of FTSE 100 company has dropped by almost a fifth, but still remains extraordinarily high, an annual ... Subscribers only
Single parents hit by benefit cap (389 words)
The number of children and babies affected by the government’s benefit cap policy continues to rise — despite a High Court ruling the policy ... Subscribers only
Divide in different ethnic groups' incomes (440 words)
There are still large gaps in living standards between different ethnicities living in Britain, research from the think tank, the Resolution ... Subscribers only
Firms fined over asbestos in school (252 words)
Three companies have been fined a total of more than £1.2 million after workers were exposed to asbestos while refurbishing a school in Waltham ... Subscribers only
Courier a worker not independent contractor (206 words)
A former cycle courier who worked for Addison Lee was employed as a worker, not as an independent contractor. He should, therefore, have been ... Open access
Enforcing the National Minimum Wage (101 words)
Effective enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) is essential so that all workers with an entitlement receive it.
... Open access
Issue 31
Million women lose out over state pension (635 words)
The increase in the women’s state pension age has already boosted the Treasury’s coffers by £5.1 billion a year, while 1.1 million women are on ... Subscribers only
Academies overspend (149 words)
Academy schools in England overspent by £280 million last year, according to the latest statistics from the Department for Education.
... Open access
Victory on overtime and holiday pay (404 words)
The Unite general union has called on employers to urgently get their “house in order” over holiday pay after it secured a landmark legal victory ... Subscribers only
Twenty-five share over £49 million (502 words)
Twenty-five executives, whose remuneration packages were worth £1 million or more in their firm’s latest financial year, shared a total of £49.49 ... Subscribers only
Time for rethink on skills in UK (543 words)
Key to ending the long stall in UK productivity, and the long squeeze in pay, will be improving our adult skills system, according to the Institute ... Subscribers only