Fair Work action plan: progress report September 2024 - April 2025

3. Headline action 1

3.1 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.

3.2 Delivery overview

Action 1.2 (complete) – Work with equality organisations and public sector employers to address the recommendations of the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee’s inquiry into race equality, employment and skills.

• The latest session delivered in partnership with the Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations (CEMVO) was held in November 2024 and focussed on anti-racism learning and development. Feedback from the session noted that 100% of the 40 participants agreed the event provided them with a deeper understanding of implementing anti-racism training, and they noted specific examples of learning they would take into their own organisation, including setting training outcomes and external/independent evaluation of the training’s impact.

Action 1.3 (in progress) – the EHRC and Scottish Funding Council to implement National Equality Outcomes across protected characteristics, developing annual thematic reviews to inform and direct improvement

• The latest Mainstreaming and Equality Outcome Report outlines progress in delivering published equality outcomes. Headline progress includes the development of an internal data dashboard and an increase of staffing to manage, support, and progress this work.
• This progress has enabled enhanced data analysis and evidence; the organisation and delivery of a sectoral event in May 2024, beginning a programme of thematic reviews; and developing and publishing the National Equality Outcomes Data and Reporting Guidance in November 2024.