Posts tagged Fair Work

The framing of a government budget is to identify the priorities and ensure funds reach where they're needed the most. That delicate process has become fraught with difficulty and trade-offs for local and devolved governments since the financial crash. Each autumn, our policy and... Read more

Submission on Scottish National Investment Bank Missions Download a PDF version of this submissionDownload Do the proposed missions adequately reflect the ‘grand challenges’ facing Scotland? We believe that the three headline 'grand challenges' identified do reflect the very... Read more

Social Enterprise Scotland and the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - joint submission to the Scottish Parliament’s Economy, Energy, and Fair Work Committee on the role of enterprise agencies, the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) and other economic development... Read more

Covid19: Economic impact on young people July 2020 SCVO response to Economy Committee - Impact of Covid19Download The Community Jobs Scotland (CJS) programme[1], funded by the Scottish Government and managed by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), has operated... Read more

12 March 2019 PDF: SCVO Briefing - Fair Work Action Plan - March 2019Download Our position SCVO is supportive of the Scottish Government’s commitment to Fair Work agenda and welcomes the Fair Work Action Plan. However SCVO believes that the current procurement and commissioning... Read more

The release of the Paradise Papers during Living Wage week is something of a stark reminder of the inequality that still exists in the UK. While the wealthiest in society are able to stash money overseas, many are still fighting to receive a fair wage for a day’s work. Living... Read more

Happy #LivingWageWeek! This week sees the announcement of the updated real Living Wage, calculated according to the cost of living. The Living Wage increase will mean a payrise for hundreds of thousands of people. There are now 3,600 accredited Living Wage Employers that have... Read more

Recommendations fail to guarantee the human rights of the workforce in the UK The Taylor Report on the modern workforce was published earlier this week to mixed reviews. There was some criticism for a report that many feel is too cautious to enact real change for workers in... Read more

As we move from paper to action, practical projects like Community Jobs Scotland are key. Read more

Our out-dated, inflexible labour market is a key barrier to equality in employment Read more