Growing Fair Work in Retail
A collaborative resource produced jointly by the Scottish Government and the Retail Industry Leadership Group (RILG) to support the sector achieve its Fair Work goals.
7. Resources and useful links
Please see below resources related to Fair Work, produced by Scottish Government or external organisations, which you may find helpful.
Support For Employers
Description: Fair Work First guidance produced by SG surrounding public sector grant recipients. The guidance aims to encourage and support employers to adopt fair work practices.
Description: A tool developed to help employers understand and fully embed the dimensions of Fair Work. Supporting organisations to take the next steps on their Fair Work journey.
Description: Information regarding Fair Work including flexible working and the real living wage, as well as linking to other resources.
Minority Ethnic Recruitment Toolkit (www.gov.scot)
Description: Public sector focused toolkit for employers looking to improve the diversity of their workforce.
Fair Work in the South of Scotland (southofscotlandenterprise.com)
Description: Links and contacts for businesses in the South of Scotland to use on Fair Work.
Description: The British Retail Consortium’s Diversity & Inclusion Charter offers benchmarking and best practice support.
Fair Work resources for employers - Museums Galleries Scotland
Description: Signposting to resources on all five aspects of Fair Work, and suggestions for how to put this into practice.
Apt | Committed to Reducing the Disability Employment Gap in Scotland
Description: Employers can work with Apt on pilot projects and a longer term basis to work on reducing the Disability Employment Gap.
Description: Signposting to resources on the Real Living Wage, Living Hours, Fair Work First guidance and disability guidance.
Living Wage Scotland | The real Living Wage (scottishlivingwage.org)
Description: Information on paying the real Living Wage and guidance on how to become an accredited Living Wage Employer.
Close the Gap | Working on women and work
Description: Help for employers with reporting their gender pay gap, and resources to help narrow the gender pay gap and address barriers to women's progression.
Description: E-learning on violence and harassment against women at work.
Flexible Working in Scotland - Training & Support - Flexibility Works
Description: Consultancy and training organisation that provides practical tools, support and resources to help employers create a successful flexible working culture.
CRER Public Sector Anti-Racist Training (squarespace.com)
Description: Standards to support employers in implementing anti-racism training. Public sector focused.
Race - Business in the Community (bitc.org.uk)
Description: Business in the Community’s landing page for employer resources to support racialised minorities in the workplace, including insight reports, allyship resources and manager guides.
Age Inclusive Matrix | Age Scotland
Description: Support for employers to be as age inclusive as possible, taking into account the unique needs and circumstances of workers over 50.
Build a workplace that works for LGBTQ+ people. | Scotland (stonewallscotland.org.uk)
Description: Training and development, best practice, tools and resources, and a diversity champions programme providing specialised guidance and advice for LGBTQ+ inclusion.
Think Business, Think Equality (thinkbusinessthinkequality.org.uk)
Description: A self-assessment tool for SMEs regarding gender equality, providing tailored feedback and actions toward 8 topics.
Description: Resources for employers regarding working parents and carers - including free resources for SMEs.
Wellbeing Charter - Health at Work (healthatworkcentre.org.uk)
Description: A wellbeing charter with 4 stages, looking at 8 standards of wellbeing. Also offers courses on menopause, mental health, and wellbeing.
Support for Employees
Fair Work Self Assessment Tool | Fair Work Convention
Description: A tool to help employees assess how fair they think their workplace is.
Description: STUC’s Fair Work Campaign page.
General Fair Work resources
Employment Rights Bill: factsheets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Description: Collection of documents related to the UK Government’s Employment Rights Bill, introduced into the House of Commons on 10 October 2024.
Description: The FWC website links to the self assessment tool, has a number of case studies on implementation of Fair Work, and talks in more detail about the aspects of Fair Work and the benefits of bringing these to the workplace.
Fair Work – Resource Area | CIPD
Description: Resources for all aspects of Fair Work.
Contact
Email: DBBRRetailStrategy@gov.scot