13. Intersectionality describes people who are in possession of a combination of equality characteristics, who may face multiple barriers and compounded discrimination in the labour market (for example, disabled women, or people from racialised minorities aged over 50)

14. The Scottish Government adopts the term 'racialised minorities' to show that it is systems and structures that do not work for those who are categorised on the basis of "race", and because of this are sometimes treated differently or disadvantaged. These terms are becoming more widely used across Scottish Government, in line with our acceptance that racism is a structural issue. We support everyone's right to self-identify according to the term they relate to or are most comfortable with. Terminology changes as societal and systemic understanding grows. It should be noted that in labour market data analysis, the term minority ethnic is used and in reserved legislation such as the Equality Act (2010), the term "race" is used. These terms are not helpful to understand how racialised inequity impacts on those who experience systemic, institutional or interpersonal racism.

15. Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (legislation.gov.uk)

16. Human Rights Act 1998 (legislation.gov.uk)

17. Fair Work Convention (2016). Fair Work Framework 2016 (fairworkconvention.scot)

18. Scottish Government (2022). Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

19. Scottish Government (2018). National Performance Framework: Our Purpose, Values and National Outcomes (nationalperformance.gov.scot)

20. Scottish Government (2014). Supporting documents - Developing the Young Workforce: Scotland's Youth Employment Strategy. Implementing the Recommendations of the Commission for Developing Scotland's Young Workforce - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

21. Scottish Government (2022). Supporting documents - Best Start, Bright Futures: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022 to 2026 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

22. Scottish Government (2021). Supporting documents - Covid Recovery Strategy: For a fairer future - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

23. Scottish Government (2016). Race equality framework for Scotland 2016 to 2030 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

24. Employability in Scotland (2022). No One Left Behind - Policy | Employability in Scotland

25. Scottish Government (2018). A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People: employment action plan - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

26. Scottish Government (2022). Employability Shared Measurement Framework

27. Establishment of a lived experience panel to facilitate the gathering of user views and influence future service delivery - October 2020

28. Scottish Government (2018). Fair Start Scotland - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

29. Fair Start Scotland (2023). Fair Start Scotland | Employability in Scotland

30. Scottish Government (2020). Scotland's Wellbeing: The Impact of COVID-19 | National Performance Framework

31. Scottish Government (2022). Supporting documents - The Cost of Living Crisis in Scotland: analytical report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

32. Scottish Government (2022). Annual population survey: employment rate. Available at: Dataset Selection - Query - Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (nomisweb.co.uk)

33. Scottish Government (2022). Scotland's Labour Market: People, Places and Regions – Protected Characteristics: Statistics from the Annual Population Survey 2021 (www.gov.scot)

34. Scottish Government (2022). Labour market statistics - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

35. Scottish Government (2021). Scotland's Labour Market: People, Places and Regions - Statistics from the Annual Population Survey 2020/21 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

36. Scottish Government (2021). Scotland's Labour Market: People, Places and Regions - Statistics from the Annual Population Survey 2020/21 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

37. Scottish Government (2021). Scotland's Labour Market: People, Places and Regions – Protected Characteristics: Statistics from the Annual Population Survey 2021 (www.gov.scot)

38. Living Wage Scotland (2022). Employer Directory - Living Wage Scotland (scottishlivingwage.org)

39. Social Enterprise Scotland (2022). The real Living Wage rate rise - Key facts - Social Enterprise Scotland

40. The Smith Institute (2021). The Living Wage Dividend: maximising the local economic benefits of paying a living wage (smith-institute.org.uk)

41. There was a break in the series between 2020 and 2021 to account for employees who have been furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Therefore, while the long-term trend can be observed, specific comparisons are only drawn between dates prior to this break in 2020/21.

42. Scottish Government (2022). Annual survey of hours and earnings: 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

43. Scottish Government (2021). Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2017-20 (data.gov.scot)

44. Child employment: Minimum ages children can work - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

45. Child employment: Minimum ages children can work - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

46. Fair Work Convention (2016). Fair Work Framework 2016 (fairworkconvention.scot)

47. Scottish Government (2022). Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

48. Scottish Government (2018). National Performance Framework: Our Purpose, Values and National Outcomes (nationalperformance.gov.scot)

49. Scottish Government (2014). Supporting documents - Developing the Young Workforce: Scotland's Youth Employment Strategy. Implementing the Recommendations of the Commission for Developing Scotland's Young Workforce - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

50. Scottish Government (2022). Supporting documents - Best Start, Bright Futures: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022 to 2026 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

51. Scottish Government (2021). Supporting documents - Covid Recovery Strategy: For a fairer future - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

52. The Scottish Government adopts the term 'racialised minorities' to show that it is systems and structures that do not work for those who are categorised on the basis of "race", and because of this are sometimes treated differently or disadvantaged. These terms are becoming more widely used across Scottish Government, in line with our acceptance that racism is a structural issue. We support everyone's right to self-identify according to the term they relate to or are most comfortable with. Terminology changes as societal and systemic understanding grows. It should be noted that in labour market data analysis, the term minority ethnic is used and in reserved legislation such as the Equality Act (2010), the term "race" is used . These terms are not helpful to understand how racialised inequity impacts on those who experience systemic, institutional or interpersonal racism.

53. Scottish Government (2016). Race equality framework for Scotland 2016 to 2030

54. Employability in Scotland (2022). No One Left Behind - Policy | Employability in Scotland

55. Fair Start Scotland, Employability in Scotland

56. Scottish Government (2022). The Cost of Living Crisis in Scotland: analytical report