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Publication - Impact assessment

Flexible Workforce Development Fund: equality impact assessment

Published
2 September 2019
Topic
Work and skills
ISBN
9781839601002

This document assesses the future policy direction of the Flexible Workforce Development Fund to ensure that the Fund addresses equality and diversity issues and is in keeping with the Scottish Governments priorities with a particular focus on reducing the gender pay gap, tackling occupational segregation and halving the disability employment gap.

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References

1. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/4

2. https://www.gov.scot/publications/older-people-employment-scotland/pages/10/

3. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-commission-for-employment-and-skills/about/research

4. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukces-employer-skills-survey-2015-scotland-toolkit

5. https://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/96080.aspx

6. https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/Earnings/ASHESlidePack2018 

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8. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/1083.aspx

9. http://www.sfc.ac.uk/web/FILES/Funding_FWDF/Flexible_Workforce_Development_Fund__Year_1_Data.pdf

10. https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/research-report-107-the-disability-pay-gap.pdf

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19. https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/pay-gaps-strategy-fair-opportunities-for-all.pdf

20. https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20170106092808/http:/www.gov.scot/Publications/2013/04/3276

21. https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/research-report-14-pay-gaps-across-equality-strands.pdf

Contact

Email: janice.alexander@gov.scot

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