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Unions track spike in overtime
27/02/2009
Job loss fears are driving British employees to work hours in unpaid overtime, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has indicated.
According to the group, other workers were finding it difficult to find extra hours as firms cut budgets in the current economic downturn.
The proportion of employees doing unpaid work was found by the TUC to have risen by 2.4 per cent for workers in research and development and by 1.5 per cent for those in finance.
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Tags; Job loss, Recent Graduate Debt, Young Family Finances,
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Bank charges victory for consumers
27/02/2009
The Court of Appeal has given customers who are reclaiming what they see as excessive overdraft charges from banks a boost.
Judges threw out an appeal from the financial firms against a previous High Court decision, which gave the green light to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to investigate the penalty charges' fairness.
It is thought likely that such an inquiry would result in the fees being found unfair - and the recommendation that customers claiming them back should be reimbursed.
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Tags; Credit Card Lifestyle, Retirement Money Problems, Debt Management and Banking,
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Anti-bank sentiment rife as Sir Fred refuses to give up pension
27/02/2009
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Charity welcomes government mortgage assistance
26/02/2009
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Repayment pressures exposed by new figures from debt experts
26/02/2009
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Massive RBS losses lead to job cut fears
26/02/2009
- 25/02/2009 Retail job cuts signalled by business group
- 25/02/2009 Low SVRs 'could store up problems for later'
- 25/02/2009 Withdraw single premium PPI, FSA tells providers
- 24/02/2009 Death of the cheque 'bad for responsible spending'
- 24/02/2009 Brits 'don't see savings as important'
- 24/02/2009 Young adults 'putting parents' budgets under pressure'
- 23/02/2009 Lenders slammed for extra arrears charges
- 23/02/2009 Tenant numbers 'to rise'
- 23/02/2009 Change of heart among spendthrift younger Brits
- 23/02/2009 Landlords under stress over missed payments from tenants
- 20/02/2009 Water bill rise causes concern at consumer group
- 20/02/2009 Increase in repossessions noted by lenders
- 20/02/2009 Customers face fuel poverty "timebomb"
- 19/02/2009 Pay freezes expected as inflation falls
- 19/02/2009 Relief as payday loans demand tapers off
- 19/02/2009 Mortgage rescue scheme 'in trouble'
- 18/02/2009 Heavy debtors 'growing in number'
- 18/02/2009 Brits 'expecting incomes to drop in 2009'
- 18/02/2009 'Expensive' pre-paid cards 'might not be worth it'
- 18/02/2009 Government promises claims management company crackdown
- 17/02/2009 Debtors face court fee increase
- 17/02/2009 Banks criticised for 'unauthorised transfers'
- 17/02/2009 Homeowners struggling with payments 'rising in number'
- 16/02/2009 Lenders to face tighter controls, Brown says
- 16/02/2009 Big electricity group announces 9% customer price cut
- 16/02/2009 Homeworker redundancies 'to rise'
- 13/02/2009 Credit card cost of Valentine's revealed
- 13/02/2009 Government crackdown on small print
- 12/02/2009 Current account market 'lacks competitiveness'
- 12/02/2009 Bank charge claims figures released
- 12/02/2009 'Cut-price cupids' in credit crunch Valentine's
- 11/02/2009 Think tank repossessions report sceptical on state support
- 11/02/2009 Unemployment on the rise again
- 11/02/2009 Credit crunch arguments 'on the up'
- 10/02/2009 Insolvencies rise with recession "biting hard"
- 10/02/2009 Job prospects 'deteriorate alarmingly'
- 10/02/2009 Borrowers brace themselves for rate rises
- 09/02/2009 FSA calls for 'fairer' sale and rent back
- 09/02/2009 Energy bills 'rose by 12% in UK'
- 09/02/2009 Debt collection body and government meet
- 06/02/2009 'Middle class IVAs' on the up
- 06/02/2009 Bank rate cut gets frosty welcome from experts
- 06/02/2009 Redundancy payments 'might rise soon'
- 05/02/2009 Credit card debt 'puts homes at risk'
- 05/02/2009 Capital One credit card increases "outrageous"
- 05/02/2009 Demand for rented property continues
- 04/02/2009 New Year resolutions fail as credit card debt mounts
- 04/02/2009 Repayment fears caused by recession
- 04/02/2009 Brits 'rely on credit cards for day-to-day essentials'
- 03/02/2009 Rate cut 'won't help mortgage strugglers'
- 03/02/2009 Mortgage repayments 'coming under strain'
- 03/02/2009 Big income divide between public and private sector workers
- 02/02/2009 Brown condemns strikes
- 02/02/2009 Snows make "National Sickie Day" worse than ever
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