Technological change has squeezed the demand for middle-skill jobs, which typically involve routine-intense tasks. This squeeze has coincided with an increase in the number of part-time working individuals who wish to work more hours. We argue that these two trends are linked. Due to the declin...
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has called on the Scottish Government to ensure work-based qualifications and training are placed at the centre of ongoing reform to Scotland’s skills system. In a letter sent to the minister for higher and further education,Graeme D...
Polls show that Scottish nationalists are on course to win a record majority in elections for Scotland's devolved parliament. Scots voted 55-45% against independence in a referendum in 2014, but Brexit and the British government's handling of the COVID-19 crisis have bolstere...
The Scottish Police Federation has asked for a 5.7% rise for 2024-25. A 7% pay rise was agreed last year following a lengthy dispute and initial claim for 8.5%. Members of the Unison union at Police Scotland, which represents police staff such as call handlers, detention officers and incide...
18 November 2023 - 19 November 2023:The 2023 Scottish Open Data Unconference (SODU), ONE Tech Hub, Schoolhill, Aberdeen, Scotland More information » 18 November 2023 - :MeasureCamp Vienna 2023, Social Hub, Nordbahnstraße 47, 1020 Wien, Austria ...
CIR 9/1991 Local government planning and local act 1980 direct labour organisations: road workScottish Development Department
We’ve partnered with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for many years to deliver critical public services. In January 2021, we launched a new employability programme in Scotland to find and place newly unemployed people into jobs as part of DWP’s Job Entry Targeted Support (JETS)...
s Supreme Court hears ForWomen Scotland’s appeal of a judicial review decision on the legal definition of the word ‘woman’ (this litigation was first lodged in the context of the Scottish government’s definition of ‘woman’ in 2018 legislation on gender representation on public boards). ...
Calls for a wealth tax on the world's super-rich are once again gaining attention after U.S. President Joe Biden said he would impose a new "billionaire tax."
Experts say big tax bills could result from Rachel Reeves’ move in the Budget Claer Barrett Working people will pay the price of higher taxes for employers Increasing the burden on companies may not affect workers’ payslips today, but it won’t be long ...