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Fact Service January 2018
Issue 4 (25/01/2018) - Fawcett finds system is failing women ; Living standards hit by lower earnings growth; Call for public inquiry into blacklisting; Unemployment down - but only by 3,000 ; Medical examinations for asbestos workers
Issue 3 (18/01/2018) - Retail inflation hits six-year high; Stiff upper lip rules or maybe not?; Economic insecurity more widespread; Blue Monday how I hate Blue Monday ; Watchdog unsure of benefits of PFI
Issue 2 (11/01/2018) - Twenty nine executives pocket over £70m ; Gender pay gap in civil service revealed; Unions welcome action on laser pens; Factory output at a 10-year high; Divest from carbon - UNISON guide
Issue 1 (04/01/2018) - Will Britain get a pay rise this year?; Companies that face shareholder dissent; Knight review on e-balloting by unions ; UK economy grows in third quarter 2017 ; Pay penalty suffered by agency workers; Some improvement in balance of payments
Issue 4
Fawcett finds system is failing women (593 words)
The UK legal system is failing women and needs fundamental reform, according to a groundbreaking report, which finds that violence against women and ...
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Living standards hit by lower earnings growth (673 words)
The squeeze on workers’ living standards continues as earnings growth dipped in November and was once again well behind inflation.
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Call for public inquiry into blacklisting (211 words)
The barriers to justice faced by thousands of workers whose lives have been blighted being blacklisted by a secretive organisation set up by the UK ...
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Unemployment down — but only by 3,000 (587 words)
Unemployment has continued to fall, but much more slowly, official figures suggest.
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Medical examinations for asbestos workers (155 words)
Plans to reduce the period between medical examinations for asbestos workers have been abandoned by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after being ... Open access
Issue 3
Retail inflation hits six-year high (521 words)
Retail price inflation ended 2017 on a six-year high, official figures show.
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Stiff upper lip rules or maybe not? (433 words)
Health insurance providers have vying for attention with surveys on two topics presenteeism and sickness absence.
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Economic insecurity more widespread (671 words)
A stark warning that economic insecurity is more widespread than previously thought has been issued a think tank.
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Blue Monday how I hate Blue Monday (155 words)
Monday 15 January is Blue Monday — claimed to be the most depressing day of the year. More than two-fifths (42%) of respondents believe that winter ... Open access
Watchdog unsure of benefits of PFI (360 words)
There is still a lack of data available on the benefits of private finance procurement, according to the public spending watchdog, the National Audit ... Subscribers only
Issue 2
Twenty nine executives pocket over £70m (677 words)
Twenty nine executives who received a remuneration package of at least £1 million start off the Fact Service reporting season.
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Gender pay gap in civil service revealed (412 words)
A number of civil service departments have published their gender pay gaps, with the Department for Transport recording the widest, at 16.9%.
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Unions welcome action on laser pens (479 words)
There has been a welcome from unions to government initiatives on the importing of laser pens and the misuse of such pens.
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Factory output at a 10-year high (186 words)
Manufacturing output continued its expansion in the second half of 2017 and was at its highest level for 10 years, official figures show.
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Divest from carbon — UNISON guide (308 words)
A campaign to encourage local government pension funds to divest from carbon has been launched by the public services union UNISON.
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Issue 1
Will Britain get a pay rise this year? (567 words)
Yes, says the CBI employer’s body. Companies will continue to match inflation pay awards where they can, according to its latest Employment trends. ... Subscribers only
Companies that face shareholder dissent (284 words)
Pay-related issues top the list of shareholder concerns in the world’s first ever Public Register of listed companies that have faced significant ... Subscribers only
Knight review on e-balloting by unions (443 words)
An official review, headed by Sir Ken Knight, into electronic voting for industrial action ballots has been described as a “missed opportunity” ... Subscribers only
UK economy grows in third quarter 2017 (117 words)
The UK economy grew 0.4% in the third quarter, unchanged from the previous estimate, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Pay penalty suffered by agency workers (393 words)
Agency workers are losing out to a tune of £400 million a year because they are paid less than their employee equivalents, new analysis published by ... Subscribers only
Some improvement in balance of payments (381 words)
The UK’s current account deficit narrowed by £3.0 billion to £22.8 billion in the third quarter of 2017 from the second quarter’s deficit of £2 ... Subscribers only