Fact Service October 2018

Issue 43 (25/10/2018) - Call for review of dog control laws and policy; 'Complacency' over older workers
; Firms fail to report on modern slavery; Civil service pay challenge fails; Need for more mental health resources

Issue 42 (18/10/2018) - Mixed signals on health and safety from EEF; Fall in number of jobless young workers; Food pulls inflation rate down to 3.3%; Earnings growth falls back below 3%

Issue 41 (11/10/2018) - Stress is top concern - TUC safety reps survey


; Launch of civil service apprenticeships
; Change in attitudes post-#MeToo; Apprentices let down by quality of training
; Ethnicity pay reporting; Factory output rise a boost for economy

Issue 40 (04/10/2018) - Top executives don't mind the pay gap; Mixed signals on the UK economy; Unite demands dignity for women - period; Two keys to unlocking productivity; Trade deficit worsens

Issue 43

Call for review of dog control laws and policy
 (474 words)

The CWU communication workers’ union has welcomed a call for a full-scale review of current dog control legislation and policy to better protect ...
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'Complacency' over older workers
 (445 words)

MPs on the Women and Equalities Committee have taken both the government and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHCR) to task over their ...
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Firms fail to report on modern slavery
 (343 words)

The Home Office is writing directly to chief executives of 17,000 businesses warning them to report on modern slavery in their supply chains, or risk ...
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Civil service pay challenge fails
 (510 words)

A joint legal challenge by three civil service unions has failed, but evidence heard in court has exposed the government’s dishonest handling of ...
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Need for more mental health resources
 (413 words)

Mental illness is estimated to cost the UK economy between £74 billion and £99 billion a year, yet mental health services are failing to meet ...
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Issue 42

Mixed signals on health and safety from EEF
 (237 words)

Britain’s manufacturers are calling for the current health and safety landscape to be maintained when the UK leaves the European Union, with ...
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Fall in number of jobless young workers
 (605 words)

A fall in the number of younger workers accounted for most of latest overall fall in unemployment.
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Food pulls inflation rate down to 3.3%
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Cheaper food helped cut inflation in September, official figures show.
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Earnings growth falls back below 3%
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Earnings growth was cut back in August, official figures show.
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Issue 41

Stress is top concern — TUC safety reps survey 
 (438 words)

Stress is the top concern in UK workplaces, according to the TUC’s 12th biennial survey of trade union health and safety reps.
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Launch of civil service apprenticeships
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The government has launched the first ever civil service economics apprenticeship.
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Change in attitudes post-#MeToo 
 (478 words)

One year on from the outpouring of #MeToo stories, there has been a significant shift in attitudes to sexual harassment, finds new research from ...
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Apprentices let down by quality of training
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Too many apprentices are not getting the high-quality training they deserve and many people, particularly the disadvantaged, are not being given the ...
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Ethnicity pay reporting
 (144 words)

The government has published a consultation which seeks views on ethnicity pay reporting by employers. 
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Factory output rise a boost for economy
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Manufacturing output has seen a reversal of fortunes for the better, latest official figures show.
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Issue 40

Top executives don't mind the pay gap
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Forty-three highly paid executives, who received a remuneration package of over £1 million from their firms in last financial year, feature in the ...
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Mixed signals on the UK economy
 (261 words)

The UK economy expanded in the second quarter of the year, driven by strong growth in the services sector, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) ...
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Unite demands dignity for women — period
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A campaign has been launched by the Unite general union with the demand of period dignity for women and girls.
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Two keys to unlocking productivity
 (695 words)

Improving social mobility and better education and training are two key ways to address the UK’s productivity gap, says a new report from the ...
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Trade deficit worsens
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The UK’s trading position with the rest of the world deteriorated in the second quarter of 2018, official figures show.
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