A Fair Work Recovery The Fair Work Convention are to host an On-line event – A Fair Work Recovery on Tuesday 16 March. The COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound impact on our economy and our wellbeing. Continuing to build fair work must be a priority to create the type of Scotland we want and … Read more
In the two weeks since the Independent Review of Adult Social Care in Scotland report and recommendations were published I have had time to reflect on what I heard from people who work in social care, and how their experience shaped the fifty three recommendations made, seven of which are Fair Work specific. There were issues … Read more
“We often wish that things had not happened in our time. But we have to deal with what we have been given. If challenges seem impossible and overwhelming, all we can do is look to the present and the future. We each have the choice to do something, to make our contribution, however small. In … Read more
Two new Fair Work resources are now available to support the adoption of fair working practices in Scotland. The Fair Work Convention welcomes both the publication of The Scottish Government’s Fair Work First Guidance and the launch of Scottish Government and Scottish Enterprise Fair Work Assessment Tool for employers. In this years’ Programme for Government, … Read more
The Fair Work Convention Co Chairs Professor Patricia Findlay and Grahame Smith welcome today’s publication of the Independent Review of Adult Social Care report which incorporates in full the recommendations from the Fair Work Convention’s inquiry into social care published in 2019. Commenting on today’s report, Professor Patricia Findlay said: “The COVID-19 pandemic has brought … Read more
Alzheimer Scotland Chief Executive and Fair Work Convention member Henry Simmons has written a guest blog for SCVO, ‘Fair Work for All by 2025 – hope, dream or reality?’ ‘With 2025 fast approaching, we need more action and serious attention given to the Fair Work Framework and its underlying principles across all sectors and organisations, … Read more