Question reference: S6W-02842
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 9 September 2021
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Current status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 September 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking as part of the economic recovery from COVID-19 to reduce any occupational segregation in sectors such as energy, transport, construction, agriculture and manufacturing in areas that are male-dominated.
Answer
Our 2021 manifesto committed to continuing to promote Fair Work in the Scottish Economy and help tackle occupational segregation, one of the main drivers of the gender pay gap and women’s workplace inequality.
Our Covid Recovery Strategy will bring together the actions we will take across government and with partners to address the impact of the pandemic on those hardest hit in our country. Our 10-year National Strategy for Economic Transformation will then help build a greener, fairer and more inclusive wellbeing economy, which has fair work, including tacking the gender pay gap, and a just transition to net zero at its heart, and which delivers sustainable and inclusive growth for Scotland’s people and places.