Flexible Workforce Development Fund: equality impact assessment

This document assesses the future policy direction of the Flexible Workforce Development Fund to ensure that the Fund addresses equality and diversity issues and is in keeping with the Scottish Governments priorities with a particular focus on reducing the gender pay gap, tackling occupational segregation and halving the disability employment gap.


References

1. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/4

2. https://www.gov.scot/publications/older-people-employment-scotland/pages/10/

3. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-commission-for-employment-and-skills/about/research

4. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukces-employer-skills-survey-2015-scotland-toolkit

5. https://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/96080.aspx

6. https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/Earnings/ASHESlidePack2018 

7. https://www.gov.scot/publications/older-people-employment-scotland/

8. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/1083.aspx

9. http://www.sfc.ac.uk/web/FILES/Funding_FWDF/Flexible_Workforce_Development_Fund__Year_1_Data.pdf

10. https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/research-report-107-the-disability-pay-gap.pdf

11. https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/Earnings/ASHE-SCOT-2017

12. https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/LMTrends

13. https://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/publications-statistics/statistics/modern-apprenticeships/?page=1&statisticCategoryId=4&order=date-desc

14. https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/Earnings/ASHESlidePack2018

15. https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/Earnings/ASHESlidePack2018

16. https://www.gov.scot/publications/regional-employment-patterns-scotland-statistics-annual-population-survey-2017/

17. https://www.gov.scot/publications/regional-employment-patterns-scotland-statistics-annual-population-survey-2017/

18. https://www.gov.scot/publications/regional-employment-patterns-scotland-statistics-annual-population-survey-2017/

19. https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/pay-gaps-strategy-fair-opportunities-for-all.pdf

20. https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20170106092808/http:/www.gov.scot/Publications/2013/04/3276

21. https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/research-report-14-pay-gaps-across-equality-strands.pdf

Contact

Email: janice.alexander@gov.scot

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