Publication - Advice and guidance

Fair Work First: guidance

Published: 18 November 2024
From: Minister for Employment and Investment
Directorate: Jobs and Wellbeing Economy Directorate
Topic: Economy, Work and skills
ISBN: 9781836019145

Updated Fair Work First guidance to support those seeking/awarding public sector grants. Includes clarifying evidence requirements for demonstrating compliance with the real Living Wage and effective voice grant conditions, and offering a more streamlined evidence gathering process.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1. For grants issued by the Scottish Government, ‘Funder’ is defined as the SG grant manager

2. Where the grant recipient is a public sector organisation or registered social landlord and uses the funding to carry out a public procurement for goods, works or services to deliver the grant funded activity the real Living Wage and effective voice conditions do not apply. Public procurement rules apply. See Conditionality in third party organisations.

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5. The groups identified are those more likely to face structural barriers in the labour market as described in the Fair Work Action Plan. They are listed in alphabetical order and does not presume one groups issues are prioritised over another.

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