Fact checks related to the employment rate, unemployment, pensions and the gender pay gap
Question Time on September 13, 2018 came from the Oxfordshire town of Banbury. Topics covered included the Salisbury poisoning, Brexit, zero hours contracts, and prisons. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Around 6 million employee jobs earned less than the living wage in 2016. We can’t say exactly how many people this applies to as some may be doing more than one job. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
What is the National Minimum Wage? What is a living wage? How different are they and what does the law say about them? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
How many people are unemployed in the UK? What is unemployment and how is it measured? And what's the difference between structural and cyclical unemployment? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Some of the key figures on the gig economy, to put the claims into context. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour has pledged to achieve full employment, as the Conservative Party did in the last general election, which might mean a very high employment rate or a very low unemployment rate. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
What is the gig economy and how is it different to zero hours contracts? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The UK average weekly wage has fallen from around £540 to £520 in real terms over the past 10 years. Wages have levelled off since 2016. Read
A requirement for companies to advertise in the UK before recruiting from abroad is nothing new. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
They've been called 'flexible' by some and 'exploitative' by others, but what are zero hour contracts? What rights do people employed on them have? And how many people are on them anyway? Read
