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Fact Service April 2018
Issue 17 (26/04/2018) - Gender pension gap trebles in 10 years; Executive gravy train rolls on to tune of £126m; Parental benefits at Exeter University; Public services provide shareholder cream
Issue 16 (19/04/2018) - Exposure to asbestos ; Inflation at its lowest for a year ; Number of jobless people resumes its fall; Total earnings growth takes a hit in February
Issue 15 (12/04/2018) - Factory output slows down this year and last; Lack of support for low-skilled staff; Forty directors pocket total of over £210m; MPs outline package of pension proposals ; University is trying to derecognise unions
Issue 14 (05/04/2018) - Splashing the cash on consultants and pay-off; Balance of payment's deficit narrows in 2017; Government consults on bereavement leave; Rights of workers in UK supply chain; Postal group fined over safety; New Acas guidance on agency workers; Growth in economy revised upwards
Issue 17
Gender pension gap trebles in 10 years (583 words)
The gap in retirement incomes between men and women has nearly trebled in the past decade.
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Executive gravy train rolls on to tune of £126m (821 words)
Thirty-nine executives feature in Fact Service’s latest tranche of highly paid directors. These executives received a total of £126.36 million ... Subscribers only
Parental benefits at Exeter University (291 words)
The University of Exeter has enhanced its paid parental leave benefits to offer male and female employees six months of maternity and paternity leave ... Subscribers only
Public services provide shareholder cream (477 words)
Private companies running public services are handing out more and more cash to shareholders, despite profits falling in most cases, a TUC analysis ... Subscribers only
Issue 16
Exposure to asbestos (317 words)
Nearly one in four UK construction workers believe they may have been exposed to asbestos fibres, placing them at higher risk of contracting terminal ... Subscribers only
Inflation at its lowest for a year (410 words)
Retail price inflation has fallen for a third consecutive month and is now at its lowest since March 2017.
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Number of jobless people resumes its fall (626 words)
Unemployed numbers fell for the first time this year, official figures show.
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Total earnings growth takes hit in February (609 words)
The erosion of average weekly earnings has continued in the second month of the new year.
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Issue 15
Factory output slows down this year and last (262 words)
Manufacturing output has continued its expansion in 2018, but at a slower rate, and 2017’s growth was not as healthy as first thought, official ... Subscribers only
Lack of support for low-skilled staff (276 words)
Key challenges for three groups in the labour market are identified in a survey form the HR professional, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and ... Subscribers only
Forty directors pocket total of over £210m (838 words)
Last year proved a healthy one financially for the 40 top executives in Fact Service’s latest tranche of 2017 remuneration deals in UK's largest ... Subscribers only
MPs outline package of pension proposals (425 words)
A simple package of measures to create better informed, more engaged pensions savers — and offer a default decumulation pathway to protect the less ... Subscribers only
University is trying to derecognise unions (308 words)
The University of South Wales has been accused by the GMB general union of deliberately trying to circumvent unionisation in the ongoing university ... Subscribers only
Issue 14
Splashing the cash on consultants and pay-off (440 words)
A private consultancy firm was paid more than £930,000 to make “efficiency” suggestions by Northamptonshire County Council, including £170,000 ... Subscribers only
Balance of payment's deficit narrows in 2017 (389 words)
Last year, the UK’s current account deficit narrowed substantially on the back of a lower trade deficit, official figures show.
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Government consults on bereavement leave (171 words)
The government has announced a consultation into parental bereavement leave and pay.
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Rights of workers in UK supply chain (502 words)
The government should give UK supply-chain workers the right to challenge their "parent employer" over minimum wage and holiday pay abuses, says the ... Subscribers only
Postal group fined £1.6m over safety (211 words)
Royal Mail received its biggest ever health and safety fine last December, the CWU communications workers’ union has revealed.
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New Acas guidance on agency workers (291 words)
The employment relation service Acas has updated its guidance on agency workers.
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Growth in economy revised upwards (121 words)
The UK economy performed slightly better than previously thought last year.
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