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Fact Service July 2018
Issue 30 (26/07/2018) - Fight over privatisation by back door in NHS; Employers must act on sexual harassment; Protection against caste discrimination; Worker director fudge in governance code; Introduce CDC pensions ASAP
Issue 29 (19/07/2018) - Appeal court ruling on sleep-in shifts 'wrong'; Unemployment heading south to 1.4 million ; Seesaw ride for retail price inflation; Earnings growth lags behind retail inflation
Issue 28 (12/07/2018) - Equal pay bill grows as more Tesco staff claim; Who wants to be a millionaire? We do; Minimum wage naming and shaming; Home care staff set to get real Living Wage; Factory output down; Increase in workplace deaths in 2017-18
Issue 27 (05/07/2018) - Pension package aims to protect consumers; Thirty-five £1m-a-year or more executives; Growth for early 2018 revised upwards; Civil service unions oppose pay guidance; UK’s current account deficit cut
Issue 30
Fight over privatisation by back door in NHS (464 words)
Unions have held protests in York and Chesterfield against moves by two NHS trusts to set up wholly owned subsidiaries.
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Employers must act on sexual harassment (672 words)
Sexual harassment at work is widespread and commonplace, but there has been a failure to tackle unlawful behaviours, despite the government’s ... Subscribers only
Protection against caste discrimination (443 words)
The government has decided not to add “caste” to the list of nine protected characteristics in the 2010 Equality Act.
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Worker director fudge in governance code (234 words)
After extensive consultation, the City watchdog, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), has issued an updated UK corporate governance code for listed ...
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Introduce CDC pensions ASAP (331 words)
The government must move quickly to enable the creation of the UK’s first collective defined contribution (CDC) pension scheme, following the ... Subscribers only
Issue 29
Appeal court ruling on sleep-in shifts 'wrong' (235 words)
The Court of Appeal has ruled that carers working “sleep-in” shifts are to be characterised as available to work, rather than actively working, ... Open access
Unemployment heading south to 1.4 million (631 words)
Unemployed has continued to fall, according to official figures.
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Seesaw ride for retail price inflation (432 words)
The retail price inflation rate rebounded to its April level last month, continuing its seesawing over the past four months.
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Earnings growth lags behind retail inflation (653 words)
The growth in average earning has once again failed to match that of retail price inflation, cutting workers’ living standards.
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Issue 28
Equal pay bill grows as more Tesco staff claim (279 words)
Supermarket group Tesco faces equal pay bill of £4 billion as claimant numbers have grown to 1,000. The equal pay demands could cost it up to £20,00 ... Subscribers only
Who wants to be a millionaire? We do (663 words)
Twenty-nine executives whose remuneration package was worth over £1 million feature in the latest Fact Service trawl through the remuneration ... Subscribers only
Minimum wage naming and shaming (321 words)
The names of 239 employers found to have underpaid 22,400 UK workers by a total of £1.44 million have been published by the government.
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Home care staff set to get real Living Wage (204 words)
Some of Bristol’s lowest paid care staff look set to receive a pay rise following a £1.12 million investment from Bristol City Council.
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Factory output down (259 words)
Manufacturing output fell by 1.2% in the three months to May on the previous three months, the latest official figures show.
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Increase in workplace deaths in 2017-18 (401 words)
There was an increase in the number of workers fatally injured at work in Great Britain last year, according to the latest official figures.
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Issue 27
Pension package aims to protect consumers (432 words)
The regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has launched a consultation on a package of measures designed to protect consumers, improve ... Subscribers only
Thirty-five £1m-a-year or more executives (875 words)
Thirty-five executives whose remuneration package was worth over £1 million feature in the latest Fact Service trawl through the remuneration ... Subscribers only
Growth for early 2018 revised upwards (140 words)
The UK economy performed slightly better at the start of 2018 than previously thought, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Civil service unions oppose pay guidance (648 words)
Civil service unions PCS, Prospect and FDA have united to call on the Cabinet Office to undertake a new consultation, warning an existing plan would ... Subscribers only
UK's current account deficit cut (134 words)
The UK’s trading position with the rest of the world improved somewhat in the first quarter of 2018.
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