Fact Service December 2018

Issue 50 (13/12/2018) - Workers and pensioners below breadline


; Unemployment rises on increase in jobless men


; Average earnings boost 'little consolation'; Manufacturing target
; Pay real Living Wage

Issue 49 (06/12/2018) - Updated guidance on minimum wage; BT cannot change indexation of pensions; Youth services at breaking point
; Increase in value of mergers abroad

; Union reps put one over on Ritzy Cinema

Issue 50

Workers and pensioners below breadline
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More than 500,000 British workers have been swept into working poverty over the past five years, according to a report that shows the number of ...
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Unemployment rises on increase in jobless men 
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Unemployment rose for the second consecutive month, latest official figures show.
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Average earnings boost 'little consolation'
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Average weekly earnings got a boost in October, official figures show.
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Manufacturing target
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The TUC has called for the government to set a target for a million new manufacturing and hi-tech jobs by 2030.
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Pay real Living Wage
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Leading UK companies are facing renewed calls from a group of large institutional investors over low wages.
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Issue 49

Updated guidance on minimum wage
 (707 words)

Official guidance on calculating the National Minimum Wage (NMW) or National Living Wage (NLW) has been updated to include unpaid work trial periods ...
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BT cannot change indexation of pensions
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The Court of Appeal has ruled against telecoms giant BT in a case about the indexation of pensions for some 80,000 members of its BT Pension Scheme ...
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Youth services at breaking point
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Young people’s futures are being put at risk as a result of the government axing £13.3 million from youth services across the UK in just three ...
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Increase in value of mergers abroad
 (377 words)

The value of UK company takeovers abroad rose in the third quarter of 2018, but there was less investment coming from abroad to buy UK companies, ...
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Union reps put one over on Ritzy Cinema
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Two union reps have won reinstatement to their jobs at a London-based cinema.
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