Sustainable Procurement Tools

ANNEX C - Other useful Tools and Resources

Sources of help for public bodies and their prospective suppliers

• ACAS: Working from home and hybrid working
• ACAS: Flexible working
• ACAS: Zero-hours contracts
• Equality and Human Rights Commission: Avoiding unlawful discrimination against disabled people
• Equality and Human Rights Commission: Equality Outcomes and the Public Sector Equality Duty: Scotland
• Fair Work Convention: Self-Assessment tool to help workers self-assess Fair Work issues which affect them in the workplace
• Leeds City Council Toolkit: Harnessing the power of anchor institutions – a Progressive Framework
• National Performance Framework: how Scotland is performing against it
• Scottish Government: Anti-racist employment strategy – A Fairer Scotland for All
• Scottish Government: Public sector procurement, Fair work and procurement
• Scottish Government: Scotland’s Labour Market Strategy
• The Health Foundation: Health inequalities in Scotland: An independent review
• The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
• UK Government: Access to Work guide for employers
• UK Government: Employing disabled people and people with health conditions - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk);
• UK Government: Guidance on Understanding off-payroll working (IR35)
• UK Government: Guidance on the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006
• UK National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage Rates

Sources of help for international considerations

• Corporate Social Responsibility Risk Check: World Map
• Social Accountability International: SA8000 Standard
• United Nations Global Compact:  Ensuring a Living Wage is an Essential Aspect of Decent Work
• United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: The 17 Goals

Additional sources of help and support for business

• Best Companies: b-Heard Employee Engagement Survey
• Business Services Association: Toolkit – Tackling Modern Slavery in UK Service and Infrastructure Projects Sectors
• Career Ready in Scotland: Our programme
• Centre for Ageing Better: Good Recruitment for Older Workers: A guide for employers
• Centre for Ageing Better: Supporting over 50s back to work
• Close the Gap: Gender pay gap reporting, Providing fair and equal pay
• Close the Gap: Guidance and tools for employers
• Close the Gap: Close Your Pay Gap Toolkit (for larger organisations with over 250 employees)
• Digital Participation Charter: Sign up and Skill up for a Digitally Smarter Scotland
• Family Friendly Working Scotland
• Investors in Young People: Accreditation
• NHS inform: Working Health Services Scotland
• Scottish Living Wage: Accreditation Initiative
• Skills Development Scotland: Employer’s Guide to Inclusive Recruitment
• Supplier Development Programme
• Supplier Journey: Fair Work Practices
• The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development: Understanding older workers in Scotland
• Think Business, Think Equality: Online self-assessment tool (for SME and third sector organisations)

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