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Fact Service September 2017
Issue 39 (28/09/2017) - Addison Lee and Uber on the skids; Rise in firefighters hit by mental health issues; Luxury homes bring lucrative pay packets; Drivers behind wages gaps in Europe; Single parents struggle to make ends meet; RPI inflation link in sweet deal at Cadbury
Issue 38 (21/09/2017) - Get better compliance on minimum wage ; Stress and burnout in emergency services ; Regulator prosecutes over auto-enrolment ; More pessimism on 2017 living standards; Give younger workers a wage rise ; Recognition and pay rise at DHL warehouse ; Health issues a concern for older workers
Issue 37 (14/09/2017) - Employers must tell staff of email checks; Retail price inflation rises ever higher; Earnings - living standards take big hit; Unemployment falls to 1.46 million
Issue 36 (07/09/2017) - Blacklisting has not gone away, MPs told ; Working parents with premature babies ; Value of UK takeovers abroad increases ; Workplace support lacking on migraines ; Third of Fit Notes relate to mental health; Parents penalised over family-friendly requests
Issue 39
Addison Lee and Uber on the skids (589 words)
Courier and taxi group Addison Lee is latest gig economy firm to exit from an employment tribunal licking its wounds.
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Rise in firefighters hit by mental health issues (201 words)
The number of firefighters taking long-term sick leave due to mental illness has risen by nearly a third over the last six years, figures show. In ...
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Luxury homes bring lucrative pay packets (588 words)
The financial reporting season for 2016-17 may be coming to a close, but the eye-watering sums being paid to executive directors and revealed in ... Subscribers only
Drivers behind wage gaps in Europe (204 words)
Wage differences across Europe are investigated in new working paper from the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI).
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Single parents struggle to make ends meets (411 words)
Harsh welfare policies, low quality work and the high cost of living mean that single parents are finding it increasingly hard to make ends meet and ... Subscribers only
RPI inflation link in sweet deal at Cadbury (261 words)
Confectionery manufacturer Cadbury has agreed a two-year, inflation-proofed pay deal and enhanced maternity pay package covering approximately 1,300 ... Subscribers only
Issue 38
Get better compliance on minimum wage (603 words)
Underpayment of the National Minimum Wage affects as many as 580,000 workers at times of the year, according to the Low Pay Commission (LPC)
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Stress and burnout in emergency services (359 words)
One in eight ambulance staff in England had to take time off sick due to stress last year, a survey reveals.
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Regulator prosecutes over auto-enrolment (214 words)
A bus company and its managing director are the defendants in The Pensions Regulator’s first prosecution over auto-enrolment into pensions.
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Moore pessimism on 2017 living standards (184 words)
The latest economic forecasts for 2017 see living standards being hit harder as inflation outstrips the growth in average earnings by more than ... Open access
Give younger workers a wage rise (247 words)
The TUC has warned in its evidence to the Low Pay Commission that the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates risk leaving younger workers behind.
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Recognition and pay rise at DHL warehouse (193 words)
Low-paid workers at the DHL warehouse in Gillmoss, Liverpool have secured representation and with it an inflation busting pay increase.
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Health issues a concern for older workers (442 words)
More than five million workers over the age of 50 are concerned that health issues will prevent them from prolonging their working lives, research ... Subscribers only
Issue 37
Employers must tell staff of email checks (247 words)
Organisations must tell employees in advance if their work email accounts are being monitored, without unduly infringing their privacy, the European ... Open access
Retail price inflation rises ever higher (454 words)
Retail price inflation continued on its upwards trajectory to hit a five-and-a-half year high.
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Earnings — living standards take big hit (651 words)
In July, average weekly earnings growth slumped as retail inflation continued on its upward trend, meaning living standards were hit even harder than ... Subscribers only
UK unemployment falls to 1.46 million (671 words)
UK unemployment was at its lowest level for 12 years as it continues on its downward path, official figures show.
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Issue 36
Blacklisting has not gone away, MPs told (539 words)
The spectre of contemporary blacklisting, particularly on the Crossrail infrastructure project, was raised in a parliamentary debate, as MPs resumed ... Subscribers only
Working parents with premature babies (474 words)
Employment relations service Acas has published new advice for employers to help them support staff who have given birth to premature or ill ... Subscribers only
Value of UK takeovers abroad increases (284 words)
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the second quarter of 2017 involving UK companies saw a notable increase when compared with the number and ... Subscribers only
Workplace support lacking on migraines (233 words)
Migraine sufferers aren’t getting the support they need at work, three charities — the Migraine Trust, Migraine Action and the National Migraine ... Open access
Third of Fit Notes relate to mental health (212 words)
Over the past two years or so, mental health and behavioural conditions have accounted for a third of all Fit Notes written in England, where the ... Open access
Parents penalised over family-friendly requests (495 words)
Asking for family-friendly working patterns leads to low-paid mums and dads being penalised, a TUC report has found.
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