Question reference: S6W-23555
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 7 December 2023 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 14 December 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what it can do to promote and support Unite Hospitality's Fair Hospitality Charter in the hospitality sector.
Answer
Unite’s Fair Hospitality Charter contains many important elements which the Scottish Government continues to promote through Fair Work First, such as payment of at least the Real Living Wage, appropriate channels for effective workers’ voice through trade union recognition and no inappropriate use of zero hours contracts.
Everyone should expect to be properly rewarded for their work and treated correctly with respect, free from any forms of harassment. The Scottish Government is committed to working with trade unions and industry to ensure Scotland is the best place to live, work, invest and do business, and Fair Work is the foundation to this.
There remain many challenges in our key sectors, therefore it is essential that we all work together – Government, employers, employees and trade unions – to create a hospitality industry with fair work at its heart and for all. The industry-led National Tourism Strategy; Outlook 2030 commits to support and enable the adoption of fair work practices in Scotland’s tourism and hospitality sector.
The outcomes and recommendations of the independent Fair Work Convention inquiry into hospitality, due in Spring 2024, will be reviewed to provide further insight into how we can increase the adoption of fair work practices for the sector.
The Scottish Government looks forward to continuing partnership working with unions and industry.