Public sector pay policy 2024-2025: equality impact and fairer duty assessment
The equality impact assessment (EQIA) will test the Public Sector Pay Policy 2024-2025 against the needs of the general equality duty in the Equality Act 2010. The Fairer Duty Assessment (FDA) looks at the socio-economic impact of the pay policy.
2. Summary of aims and desired outcomes of Policy
The 2023-24 pay policy directly applied to 71 employers among the Scottish Government and its Associated Departments; Executive Agencies, Non-Departmental employers; public corporations and NHS Scotland Executives and Senior Managers. The majority of those employers, 61 (86%), implemented a two-year pay award in 2023-24. Therefore the proposed annual metrics for 2024-25[1] will only apply to 10 (14%) of employers with c15,000 (30%) staff although the other bodies may choose to submit one or two year proposals over the 2025-27 period.
It is proposed that the overarching aims for the pay metrics will be to set a policy framework to deliver fair, affordable, sustainable and value-for-money pay for the devolved public sector in Scotland. This pay policy is underpinned by the Scottish Government’s current priorities as set out by the First Minister:
- Doing everything we can to eradicate child poverty
- Building and supporting a growing economy
- Tackling the climate emergency by investment in green energy and infrastructure
- To improve Scotland’s public services as an investment in Scotland’s future health, equality and prosperity.
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