Reading Time: 4 minutes There has been an increased level of interest in the self-employed workforce in Scotland, due to the economic challenges arising from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Tag: Labour Market
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – employment rights
Reading Time: 5 minutes Blog looking at work rights in the coronavirus crisis, including furlough, redundancy and sick pay.
Scottish Budget 2020-21: Taxing times ahead
Reading Time: 4 minutes A look at income distribution in Scotland and what it might mean for tax policy.
Brewing and distilling: a barrel full of employment
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog looks at the most recent economic facts and figures for Scotland’s brewing and distilling sectors. A key trend has been the uplift in employment.
Earnings in Scotland 2019
Reading Time: 3 minutes A look at the latest earnings data for Scotland from the ONS.
Earnings in Scotland – what do the latest statistics tell us?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The latest results from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) were released on 25 October 2018. ASHE is the Office for National Statistics
Scotland’s new devolved employment support service
Reading Time: 4 minutes Scotland’s new devolved employment service, Fair Start Scotland (FSS), was launched in April. It is too early to say whether it’s been successful or not;
Guest blog – Stopping the rot? The UK seasonal agricultural workers pilot scheme
Reading Time: 4 minutes As with all guest blogs, what follows are the views of the author, Steven Thomson (SRUC) and not those of SPICe or indeed the Scottish
Guest blog – Attracting migrants to Scotland: research results
Reading Time: 4 minutes Dr Paulina Trevena presents the results of a SPICe and University of Glasgow research project: ‘Attracting and retaining migrants in post-Brexit Scotland: is a social
Tech Nation 2018
Reading Time: 3 minutes On 17 May 2018 Tech Nation published their 2018 report on the “strength, depth and breadth of digital tech activity in the UK.” Tech Nation