Fact Service September 2014

Issue 38 (25/09/2014) - Working families; What a top executive gets - another 20; Tax evasion spirals ever higher; Slump in tribunal cases boosts UNISON's claim; Executive pay focus; Union's inquiry call on outsourcing

Issue 37 (18/09/2014) - Dip in inflation; Unemployment fall; Earnings in doldrums; Conflict of interest at academy schools

Issue 36 (11/09/2014) - Unions are reaching out to LGBT workers; Mental health at work; Thirty more boardroom millionaires; Manifesto for reporting on diversity; Factory output still below peak

Issue 35 (04/09/2014) - Another 31 executives on £1m or more; Dress codes at work; Lower level of mergers and takeovers; Young NEET women; Happy retirement beckons for fat cats; Growth to slow

Issue 38

Working families (201 words)

City firms dominate the latest annual list of Top Employers for Working Families at a major event to launch National Work-Life Week. ...
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What a top executive gets — another 20 (487 words)

Another 20 top executives whose total remuneration package is at least £1 million a year feature in the table on page 150. ...
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Tax evasion spirals ever higher (362 words)

The cost of tax evasion to the UK economy was more than £80 billion last year, according to new report by tax expert Richard Murphy. ...
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Slump in tribunal cases boosts UNISON's claim (456 words)

More proof that the introduction of tribunal fees has put a price of justice is evident in the latest data. ...
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Executive pay focus (340 words)

Top executives in UK listed companies could see their pay packages overhauled under new rules published by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), ...
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Union's inquiry call on outsourcing (319 words)

Public service union UNISON is backing a call for an independent inquiry into the impact of outsourcing public services after new research showed ...
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Issue 37

Dip in inflation (477 words)

The inflation rate fell on both main measures, official figures show. ...
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Unemployment fall (577 words)

Unemployment is just 20,000 short of going below the two million mark, the latest official figures show. ...
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Earnings in doldrums (730 words)

Pay misery for the UK workforce continues, the latest official figures show ...
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Conflicts of interest at academy schools (388 words)

The oversight of academy schools still appears weak after a report highlighted flaws in the system for dealing with potential conflicts of interest, ...
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Issue 36

Unions are reaching out to LGBT workers (531 words)

There has been a big rise in the number of unions reaching out to LGBT members. Half of all TUC-affiliated unions are running targeted recruitment ...
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Mental health at work (670 words)

More than 70 million working days were lost to mental health illnesses in 2013, according to a report by chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies. ...
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Thirty more boardroom millionaires (588 words)

The number of millionaire executives continues to climb in our coverage of top remuneration with another 30 listed in the table below. ...
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Manifesto for reporting on diversity (276 words)

The government should introduce mandatory company reporting on diversity and inclusion, according to campaigners. ...
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Factory output still below peak (168 words)

Manufacturing output and industrial production output are still below the peaks reached in 2008, according to the latest official figures. ...
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Issue 35

Another 31 executives on £1m or more (674 words)

An eight-figure remuneration package features again in the latest tranche of top executives’ pay. ...
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Dress codes at work (253 words)

Employment relations service Acas has produced an advisory booklet, The people factor — engage your employees for business success, which touches ...
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Lower level of mergers and takeovers (281 words)

Merger and takeover activity of UK companies remained at historically low levels, latest official figure show. ...
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Young NEET women — totally wasted? (339 words)

The position of young women has barely changed in a decade in that they are more likely to be not in education, employment or training (NEET) than ...
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Happy retirement beckons for fat cats (767 words)

Nearly two out of three of the UK’s top directors are now receiving cash payments instead of contributions to their pension schemes, says the TUC ...
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Growth to slow (93 words)

The CBI business employers' group has said it expects UK economic growth to slow in the second half of 2014, as the impact of improved business and ...
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