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Fact Service January 2019
Issue 5 (31/01/2019) - Call for common sense during bad weather ; New protections for pregnant women; Manufacturing - a warning from Unite ; More employers sign Dying to Work charter; Care workers not being paid for travel time; ♥Unions week targets zero-hours contracts ; A lesson in throwing good money after bad?
Issue 4 (24/01/2019) - Think tank dispels myths on state aid; Growth in average earnings falls back ; A further rise in unemployment; Gender pension gap is wide across UK ; NEU members back union's cuts campaign
Issue 3 (17/01/2019) - Data show inflation rates at two-year low ; Top dollar pay at NHS Property Services; Unions want probation service renationalised ; Weak manufacturing impacts on production; Timely campaign to boost flexible working
Issue 2 (10/01/2019) - NHS plan - you forgot about the staff; Setting of boardroom pay needs reform; Prescription safety eyewear not goggles; Tory austerity drags households into hock
Issue 1 (03/01/2019) - Firefighting cuts are putting public at risk; RPI inflation down ; Code of practice on sexual harassment ; Good work plan is Tory response to Taylor
Issue 5
Call for common sense during bad weather (541 words)
With snow in many parts of the UK and more snow and ice forecast this week, the TUC has called on employers not to force their staff to make ...
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New protections for pregnant women (320 words)
Pregnant women and new parents returning to work after having children will be further protected from unfairly losing their jobs under new proposals ... Subscribers only
Manufacturing — a warning from Unite (273 words)
Britain’s rail manufacturing renaissance could be shunted into the sidings, the Unite general union has warned.
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More employers sign Dying to Work charter (312 words)
The number of employees covered by the TUC’s Dying to Work charter has recently passed the 800,000 mark.
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Care workers not being paid for travel time (317 words)
Thousands of care workers across England and Wales are being paid less than the National Minimum Wage because councils aren’t insisting that ... Subscribers only
♥Unions week targets zero-hours contracts (141 words)
Each year the TUC run a week of activities to show how joining a trade union can help you and your workmates. The week is an opportunity to celebrate ...
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A lesson in throwing good money after bad? (328 words)
Academies handed “exceptional” bailouts totalling £millions over the last two years have still closed soon after, with the government’s ... Subscribers only
Issue 4
Think tank dispels myths on state aid (413 words)
The UK could triple state aid spending to industry without breaching EU rules, according to a study that compares government subsidies to promote ... Subscribers only
Growth in average earnings falls back (675 words)
Average weekly earnings growth slipped back in November after an October boost.
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A further rise in unemployment (627 words)
Unemployment posted a third consecutive monthly rise, latest official figures show.
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Gender pension gap is wide across UK (249 words)
The gender pension gap is higher in England than the other nations of the UK, according to an analysis of official figures by the professionals’ ... Open access
NEU members back union's cuts campaign (219 words)
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) have given a ringing endorsement to the union’s Schools Cuts campaign.
... Open access
Issue 3
Data show inflation rates at two-year low (595 words)
Inflation was at its lowest level for two years in both the union negotiators’’ preferred measure — the RPI rate — and the government ... Subscribers only
Top dollar pay at NHS Property Services (441 words)
Bumper bonuses at NHS Property Services have come under fire from the Unite general union.
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Unions want probation service renationalised (340 words)
Three unions and other key stakeholders in probation are calling on the government to make probation in England and Wales a publicly owned public ... Subscribers only
Weak manufacturing impacts on production (347 words)
Shrinkage in factory output increased in the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Timely campaign to boost flexible working (474 words)
The Flexible Working Task Force, a partnership across government departments, business groups, trade unions and charities, has launched a campaign to ... Subscribers only
Issue 2
NHS plan — you forgot about the staff (870 words)
Trade unions have condemned prime minister Theresa May for failing to take seriously the “staffing black hole” in the NHS.
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Setting of boardroom pay needs reform (759 words)
People professionals should play a more prominent role in company remuneration committees, and the myth of the “superstar” chief executive should ... Subscribers only
Prescription safety eyewear not goggles (311 words)
More than half of staff who wear prescription glasses and need further eye protection at work are given safety over-goggles rather than prescription ... Subscribers only
Tory austerity drags households into hock (368 words)
Government austerity and years of wage stagnation are key reasons behind a sharp increase in unsecured debt, the TUC says.
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Issue 1
Firefighting cuts are putting public at risk (260 words)
Firefighters are expected to do more with less, putting public safety at risk, says the FBU fire brigades union.
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RPI inflation down (482 words)
Falling petrol prices offset by dearer cigarettes cut the rate of inflation in the penultimate month of 2018, official figures show.
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Code of practice on sexual harassment (676 words)
A new Code of Practice that ensures employers better understand their legal responsibilities to protect their staff is to be introduced by the ... Subscribers only
Good work plan is Tory response to Taylor (914 words)
The government finally got around to responding to the Taylor review of modern work just before Christmas, nine long months after it launched a ... Subscribers only