Fair Work action plan: progress report - June to December 2025
Report covering the significant progress made on actions within the Fair Work action plan between June 2025 and December 2025. This plan was shared with the Fair Work Oversight Group in January 2026.
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2. Headline Action 1
2.1 Our Aims
We will lead by example on the Fair Work agenda, including sharing and learning of practice, by 2025. We will continue to embed Fair Work in all public sector organisations, setting out clear priorities in the roles and responsibilities of public bodies.
2.2 Delivery Overview
Action 1.1 (in progress) – Scottish Government will undertake an equal pay audit examining pay gaps by gender, disability, race and age by March 2024. We will act on findings to review and refresh our recruitment and retention policies to address workplace inequalities by end of 2025.
Fair Work officials continue to engage with People Directorate colleagues to ensure the findings from the equal pay audit are being fully considered and implemented, in line with the aims and scope of the Diversity and Inclusion Employer Strategy. A publication date is yet to be agreed.
Action 1.4 (not on track) – Work with partners to establish senior leadership networks to build capability and understanding of racism and racial inequality in the workplace by the end of 2023.
Officials provided an update to the Fair Work Oversight Group at the previous meeting. Progress is underway. They continue to engage with internal and external stakeholders and experts, and review evidence, designing a programme of capability building for senior leaders and a subsequent network.