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Fact Service April 2019
Issue 17 (25/04/2019) - Top executives top £109 million in remuneration; UK working week longest in EU ; Academics gagged by non-disclosure deals; Teachers face violence on weekly basis ; Tiny elite owns half of England ; Unite points to lack of manufacturing strategy
Issue 16 (18/04/2019) - Gender pay gap reporting 'flawed'; Unemployment cut by 27,000 in February ; Sharp fall in average earnings growth ; Retail inflation rate edges down to 2.4%
Issue 15 (11/04/2019) - Thirty-seven executives share £125 million; Revamp shared parental leave, says TUC; Public sector gender pay gap widens ; Changes under Good Work Plan; Negative effect of workplace seating
Issue 14 (04/04/2019) - Thirty-eight share £198m ; Automation and risk to jobs in England ; Cabin air goes to court; Third-party harassment ; Link bosses' pay to workers' pay say MPs
Issue 17
Top executives top £109 million in remuneration (736 words)
Forty top executives whose remuneration package last year came to over £1 million feature in this week’s table.
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UK working week longest in EU (342 words)
Workers in the UK are putting the longest hours in the EU, according to a new TUC analysis.
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Academics gagged by non-disclosure deals (288 words)
Dozens of academics have been forced to sign non-disclosure agreements to stop bullying, discrimination and sexual misconduct allegations coming out, ... Subscribers only
Teachers face violence on a weekly basis (397 words)
Physical violence against teachers is a weekly occurrence, according to the NASUWT union.
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Tiny elite owns half of England (347 words)
Half of England is owned by less than 1% of its population, according to new data shared with the Guardian that seeks to penetrate the secrecy that ... Subscribers only
Unite points to lack of manufacturing strategy (141 words)
The threat to 95 jobs at Calsonic Kansei in Llanelli is yet another sign that the automotive industry has been badly affected by the lack of a ...
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Issue 16
Gender pay gap reporting 'flawed' (390 words)
Gender pay gap reporting is “flawed in principle” and must be altered to simplify the process for employers to generate clearer results and avoid ... Subscribers only
Unemployment cut by 27,000 in February (658 words)
Falls in both short- and medium-term unemployment contributed to the latest overall, official figures show.
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Sharp fall in average earnings growth (670 words)
In February 2019, average total weekly earnings, including bonuses, were estimated to have risen by 3.2%, against the revised increase of 3.9% for ... Subscribers only
Retail inflation rate edges down to 2.4% (364 words)
Cheaper seasonal food and air fares cut retail price inflation, official figures show.
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Issue 15
Thirty-seven executives share £125 million (695 words)
Thirty-seven executives, whose remuneration package came to at least £1 million, feature in our latest regular round-up of boardroom pay.
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Revamp shared parental leave, says TUC (435 words)
The TUC has called for an overhaul of statutory Shared Parental Leave (SPL) on the fourth anniversary of its introduction.
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Public sector gender pay gap widens (487 words)
The median gender pay gap has widened in the public sector with women paid 14% less an hour than men in the second year of reporting.
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Changes under Good Work Plan (226 words)
The so-called Swedish derogation will end next year, the government has confirmed. However, details on the legislation is still lacking, as new ... Open access
Negative effect of workplace seating (276 words)
Eight in 10 office workers claim workplace seating arrangements — including hot desking — have a negative effect on their mental wellbeing.
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Issue 14
Thirty-eight share £198m (771 words)
Thirty-eight executives, whose remuneration package came to at least £1 million, feature in our latest regular round-up of boardroom pay.
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Automation and risk to jobs in England (731 words)
Potential automation of occupations may have an impact on the labour market in future. Around 1.5 million jobs in England are at high risk of some of ... Subscribers only
Cabin air goes to court (279 words)
The airline industry should take urgent action to tackle toxic cabin air, says the Unite general union, as it announced that legal action has been ... Subscribers only
Third-party harassment (234 words)
No one should be subject to harassment, abuse or bullying at any time, let alone at work, says the TUC. Yet half of all workers have experienced ... Open access
Link bosses’ pay to workers’ pay, say MPs (441 words)
Companies must do more to link top bosses’ pay to that of the rest of their workforce, say MPs on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ... Subscribers only