University of the West of Scotland

This report presents findings from a unique research project aimed at establishing what low-paid workers in Scotland value as important when it comes to ‘decent work’. While recognizing variations for specific groups, the research has identified remarkable consistency in respondents’ priorities for decent work. There is a significant job to be done to improve the […]

The experience of work and its security and rewards have changed significantly in recent decades. Increasingly, large numbers of people experience work which is insecure and which is paid at levels which do not allow families to live above the poverty line. In Scotland, around half of the working age adults experiencing poverty live in […]