Fact checks related to the employment rate, unemployment, pensions and the gender pay gap
Economy, Business & Finance
Men and women are still some way off equal in the UK labour market, although we have the highest female employment rate on record, the overall gender pay gap is falling, and more women are on boards. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Changes to the state pension age mean women born in the 1950s will retire later than they expected. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We looked at whether the government’s pledge to halve the disability employment gap won’t be met for 50 years. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We’ve seen evidence that the pay gap gets bigger when women become mothers, but they don’t seem to have a clear advantage before then. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Bank of England has estimated that 15 million jobs in the UK could be automated over the next few decades, equivalent to just under half the jobs in the UK right now. Read
Immigration
It’s correct that there were about 1.7 million unemployed people in the UK at the last count, in July-September 2016. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We don’t know how many have been hired, fired or quit—however you define a “foreigner”. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The overall employment rate is at its highest on record (since 1970). Unemployment is at a ten year low. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
On 7 November, the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) asked Deliveroo, an online food delivery company, to voluntarily recognise it as the trade union for Deliveroo drivers and riders Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Since 2013 the number of disabled people in work has increased by just under half a million. Under the current government the number of disabled people in the UK in work has increased by around 100,00 Read
