Fair Work action plan: evidence plan
The Fair Work evidence plan sets out the approach to data and evidence which will support the Fair Work Action Plan to promote fair and inclusive workplaces across Scotland.
Footnotes
1. Link to the Fair Work Action Plan: becoming a leading Fair Work nation by 2025 report on the Scottish Government website
2. This approach is summarised in Section 3 of HM Treasury’s Green Book: The Green Book (2022) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
3. Link to the Fair Work Action Plan: Annexes on the Scottish Government website
4. Link to the Fair Work Action Plan: Annexes on the Scottish Government website
5. Link to Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation: Summary on the Scottish Government website
6. Link to the Fair Work and Business NPF Outcome on the Scottish Government website
7. Link to the Report Measuring Scotland’s Performance as a Leading Fair Work Nation on the Fair Work Convention website
8. Link to the Fair Work Framework on the Fair Work Convention website
9. Link to Measuring Scotland’s Performance as a Leading Fair Work Nation report on the Fair Work Convention website
10. Link to National Indicator Performance on the Scottish Government website
11. Link to Wellbeing Economy Monitor - National Strategy for Economic Transformation: annual progress report June 2023 on the Scottish Government website
12. The Fair Work Convention defines Fair Work as "work that offers all individuals an effective voice, opportunity, security, fulfilment and respect", the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) defines Good Work as "work that is productive, decent, and meaningful", and the International Labour Organization (ILO) defines Decent Work as "productive work for women and men in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity". These different definitions and frameworks used by each organisation reflect the different perspectives of the organisations that have developed them. The Fair Work Convention's definition is focused on the individual worker, while the OECD's definition is focused on the economy. The ILO's definition is the broadest, encompassing both individual and societal concerns.
13. Countries contained within the international framework are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Iceland, Ireland, and England.
14. The international framework’s indicators include: employment rate; unemployment rate; in-work poverty rate; gender pay gap; disability employment gap; average weekly earnings; job satisfaction; work-life balance; Fair Work practices in the public sector.
15. Link to the Fair Work Action Plan: Annexes on the Scottish Government website
16. For example, the Fair Work action relating to conditionality is captured through an indicator monitoring the number of regulated contracts awarded that include a Fair Work First criterion. This indicator is included under the outcome of ‘Embed fair work in public sector financial support’.
17. Link to Labour market transformation – update on progress and plans on the Office for National Statistics website
18. Fair Work Agreement sectors are those where low pay and precarious work can be most prevalent, and where the Scottish Government has ambitions to see the establishment of Fair Work Agreements. At time of writing, these include social care, leisure and hospitality; retail; construction; and early learning and childcare.
19. As set out in paragraph 2.29, it is also envisaged that evaluations of the Workplace Equality Fund, Disability Public Social Partnership activity, support to encourage flexible working and the Minority Ethnic Recruitment Toolkit will be undertaken. These are not included in Table 1, as they are not specific actions within the Fair Work Action Plan.
20. Link to Using intersectionality in policymaking and analysis on the Scottish Government website
21. Link to Scotland’s Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-2025 on the Scottish Government website
22. Link to Annex D: Tables of Actions to Improve the Equality Evidence Base - Scotland’s Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-2025 on the Scottish Government website
23. Link to Labour Market Statistics for Scotland by Disability: January to December 2022 on the Scottish Government website
24. Link to Labour Market Statistics for Scotland by Ethnicity, January to December 2021 on the Scottish Government website
25. Link to Job-Related Training in Scotland: January to December 2022 on the Scottish Government website
26. Questions included within ONS’s Annual Population Survey that relate to Fair Work include Job and Career Progression; Job Representation; Manager Support; Bullied or Harassed at Work; Work Skills; Job Satisfaction; and Meaningful Work.
27. Link to Labour market transformation – update on progress and plans on the Office for National Statistics website
28. Link to the Disability Employment Gap Inquiry on the Scottish Parliament website
29. Link to the Hospitality Industry Inquiry on the Fair Work Convention website
30. Link to the New Deal for Business Group on the Scottish Government website
31. Link to International Mechanisms to Revalue Women's Work on the Scottish Government website
32. Link to Caregiving in Crisis: Gender inequality in paid and unpaid work during COVID-19 on the OECD website
33. Link to Fair Work Convention’s Response to: ‘Measuring Scotland’s Performance as a Leading Fair Work Nation’ on the Fair Work Convention website
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