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Fact Service May 2018
Issue 22 (31/05/2018) - Thirty nine executives pocket £87.9 million ; FBU success over fire service duty system ; Sluggish start to 2018 for UK economy ; Support for carers; Disability pay gap at four-year high
Issue 21 (24/05/2018) - No change in ratio of people homeworking; Motability executive's pay 'unacceptable'; Dearer petrol pushes retail inflation higher ; Two new people at top of UNISON ; Religious or belief discrimination ; Factory output slows; Gender pension gap is wider for older women
Issue 20 (17/05/2018) - Top executives receive £243m in pay and perks; Labour enforcer sets out his demands; Forty six thousand fall in jobless number; Retail price inflation erodes wage growth
Issue 19 (10/05/2018) - Top executive pay feast brings £121m to 41 ; Rise in child poverty in working households ; Union members fight to save CITB training; Proposals for new ways of measuring economy
Issue 18 (03/05/2018) - Council staff win over incremental pay rises; 'Presenteeism' at record high; GMB members take on delivery firm Hermes; Demand for inquiry into toxic cabin air; Rise in number of insecure workers; Slower growth in the UK economy; Living Wage reinstated at Bath University
Issue 22
Thirty nine executives pocket £87.9 million (882 words)
Thirty nine top executives received a total of £87.9 million last year, the latest Fact Service examination of the remuneration reports of top FTSE 3 ...
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FBU success over fire service duty system (406 words)
The High Court has ruled in favour of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) as it declared as unlawful a duty system requiring firefighters to work 96-hour ... Subscribers only
Sluggish start to 2018 for UK economy (287 words)
The poor start to the year for the UK economy was confirmed in the second estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) and it puts the UK near the bottom ... Subscribers only
Support for carers (460 words)
The right for carers to request flexible working from day one of their employment is one of the recommendations of the Work and Pensions select ... Subscribers only
Disability pay gap at four-year high (152 words)
The disability pay gap has increased to its highest level since 2013, a TUC report finds.
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Issue 21
No change in ratio of people homeworking (492 words)
The growth in homeworking has stalled, according to the TUC.
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Motability executive's pay 'unacceptable' (365 words)
The £1.7 million salary paid to the chief executive of the firm which runs the Motability disabled car scheme is “totally unacceptable,” say two ... Subscribers only
Dearer petrol pushes retail inflation higher (431 words)
Retail price inflation has rebounded, while consumer inflation was down again, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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Two new people at the top of UNISON (85 words)
Public services union UNISON has announced two new appointments to its senior management team.
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Religious or belief discrimination (214 words)
The employment service Acas has published updated guidance on religion or belief discrimination in the workplace.
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Factory output slows (192 words)
Manufacturing output growth slowed for the third consecutive month, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures.
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Gender pension gap is wider for older women (108 words)
The UK has a 31% pension gender gap, with an average female pension pot of £16,083 compared to the average male pension savings of £23,416, ... Open access
Issue 20
Top executives receive £243m in pay and perks (686 words)
Thirty nine top executives received a total of £243.3 million last year, the latest Fact Service examination of the remuneration reports of top FTSE ... Subscribers only
Labour enforcer sets out his demands (378 words)
Payslips for all workers is just one of the many recommendations made by director of labour enforcement Sir David Metcalf.
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Forty six thousand fall in jobless number (590 words)
Unemployed has resumed its downwards trajectory, official figures show.
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Retail price inflation erodes wage growth (571 words)
In March 2018, average weekly earnings growth, including bonuses, were provisionally estimated to have risen by 2.3% against the 2.6% increase in ... Subscribers only
Issue 19
Top executive pay feast brings £121m to 41 (1,033 words)
Forty one executives feature in the table on page 74. They raked in £120.95 million in total last year.
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Rise in child poverty in working households (379 words)
The number of children growing up in poverty in working households is set to be one million higher this year than in 2010, according to new research ... Subscribers only
Union members fight to save CITB training (322 words)
Staff at the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) have launched a petition to put pressure on its new chair to reverse plans to outsource the ... Subscribers only
Proposals for new ways of measuring economy (456 words)
Over recent years, there has been increasing concern among economists, statisticians and a variety of commentators and organisations in civil society ... Subscribers only
Issue 18
Council staff win over incremental pay rises (240 words)
The Court of Appeal has ruled that Nottingham City Council was wrong to deny several hundred of its employees the right to incremental pay increases ... Open access
‘Presenteeism’ at record high (326 words)
“Presenteeism”, or people coming into work when they are ill, has more than tripled since 2010, according to the latest CIPD/Simplyhealth Health ... Subscribers only
GMB members take on delivery firm Hermes (226 words)
Delivery group Hermes is facing legal action over its couriers’ employment status and entitlement to employment rights, such as holiday pay and the ... Open access
Demand for inquiry into toxic cabin air (286 words)
The Unite general union has called for a public inquiry into toxic cabin air on board aircraft after a senior coroner recorded a verdict of “death ... Subscribers only
Rise in number of insecure workers (450 words)
The number of contracts that do not guarantee a minimum number of hours rose in the year between November 2016 and 2017, according to the Office for ... Subscribers only
Slower growth in the UK economy (320 words)
Economic growth is at its slowest for over five years, latest official figures show.
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Living Wage reinstated at Bath University (377 words)
A university that stopped paying the voluntary real Living Wage 18 months ago has now committed to reinstate it and said it will apply for seek ... Subscribers only