Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser – CIPD Scotland, talks about their ‘Working Lives Scotland’ report which is a dedicated analysis of job quality and its impact on working lives in Scotland and is written around the five Fair Work dimensions. At the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, it is our purpose … Read more
Fair Work Convention Co-Chairs Mary Alexander and Professor Patricia Findlay have written the foreword in CIPD Scotland’s Survey Report Working Lives Scotland 2022 The Working Lives Scotland report offers us significant and valuable insight into workers’ experiences of fair work across the economy. This year’s report gives us a useful sense of how work is … Read more
The hospitality industry is a major contributor to the Scottish Economy employing 172,000 workers which accounts for around 6.8 per cent of all jobs in Scotland. The cost of living crisis, issues with recruitment and retention and pressures from both Brexit and COVID-19 mean the industry has reached a watershed moment and the time is … Read more
Kathryn Willens, Head of Partnerships, Scotland at Creative & Cultural Skills (CCSkills), talks about the CCSkills Fair Access Sector Support programme, which aims to help businesses in the cultural sector and creative industries with first steps to integrating the principles of Fair Work and the Fair Work Dimensions into their organisations. At CCSkills, we work … Read more