Fair Work action plan 2022 and Anti-Racist Employment Strategy 2022: business and regulatory impact assessment

Appendix C: Stakeholder engagement online survey questions

1. Name

2. Organisation

3. Contact email

4. Would you prefer your responses to remain anonymous in any publication?

Yes / No

Potential impacts and risks to businesses

5. Could this work have an impact on the competitiveness of Scottish companies within the UK / Europe / globally?

6. What are the relevant businesses, sectors, markets, products, or services that might be affected by the changes?

7. Could this work restrict or increase competition in the relevant businesses, sectors, markets, products or services?

8. Would this work make it harder for new firms to enter a market?

9. Would this work have an impact on suppliers? For example, in terms of their range and competitiveness?

10. Could this work generate different impacts for different parts of an industry or supply chain?

11. Could micro and small businesses be impacted differently through this work?

12. Are there any other comments you have on the BHA, RAP and ARES in relation to potential impacts and risks to businesses?

Potential impacts and risks to Local Authorities

13. Could this work have any positive impacts experienced by Local Authorities?

14. Could this work have any negative impacts or risks experienced by Local Authorities, and if known, what mitigating steps could be taken to limit negative impacts?

15. Are there any other comments you have on the BHA, RAP and ARES in relation to potential impacts and risks to Local Authorities?

Potential impacts and risks on consumers

16. Could this work impact the quality, availability or price of goods or services in a market?

17. Could this work affect the essential services market? For example, water or energy.

18. Would this work increase the storage or use of consumer data?

19. Could this work increase opportunities for third parties to take advantage of government initiatives and target vulnerable consumers

20. Could this work add complexity in a market leading to information asymmetries or difficulty in consumers understanding their rights?

21. Could this work affect routes for consumers to seek advice or raise complaints on consumer issues?

22. Would this work limit the choices and information available to consumers?

23. Are there any other comments you have on the BHA, RAP and ARES in relation to potential impacts and risks to consumers?

Potential impacts and risk to regulators

24. Could this work have any positive impacts or risks experienced by regulators?

25. Could this work have any negative impacts or risks experienced by regulators, and if known, what mitigating steps could be taken to limit negative impacts?

26. Are there any other comments you have on the BHA, RAP and ARES in relation to potential impacts and risks to regulators?

Potential impacts and risk to third sector organisations

27. Could this work have any positive impacts experienced by organisations in the third sector?

28. Could this work have any negative impacts or risks experienced by organisations in the third sector, and if known, what mitigating steps could be taken to limit negative impacts?

29. Are there any other comments you have on the BHA, RAP and ARES in relation to potential impacts and risks to third sector organisations?

Digital markets

30. Does this work consider the potential development of digital technologies and markets?

31. Would this work influence change in a digital/online context?

32. Could this work have negative impacts on traditional offline business, and if known, what mitigating steps could be taken to limit negative impacts?

33. Could this work have negative impacts on incumbent operators, in both an online and offline context? If known, what mitigating steps could be taken to limit negative impacts?

34. Are there any other comments you have on the BHA, RAP and ARES in relation to digital markets?

Overall costs and benefits

35. What would the costs and benefits be, relative to the status quo if this work was not undertaken?