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Influencing Employers so More People Break Free from Poverty through Work (2019)
Report
Findlay, P., Lindsay, C., Watson, A., & Young, D. (2019). Influencing Employers so More People Break Free from Poverty through Work. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation

In-work poverty describes the experiences of households where at least one person is in work and the household’s income after housing costs is below 60% of the median household income. Housing and other costs, the income provided by the in-work benef... Read More about Influencing Employers so More People Break Free from Poverty through Work.

Handing Back Contracts: Exploring the rising trend in third sector provider withdrawal from the social care market (2019)
Report
Cunningham, I., Baluch, A., James, P., Jendro, E., & Young, D. (2019). Handing Back Contracts: Exploring the rising trend in third sector provider withdrawal from the social care market. Edinburgh: Coalition of Care and Support Providers Scotland

The purpose of this report is to explore the experiences of and issues associated with processes of handing back social care contracts by voluntary sector providers of services. This research has come at a time of increasing concern regarding the sus... Read More about Handing Back Contracts: Exploring the rising trend in third sector provider withdrawal from the social care market.

Fair Work in Scotland’s Social Care Sector 2019 (2018)
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Lindsay, C., Findlay, P., Watson, A., & Young, D. (2018). Fair Work in Scotland’s Social Care Sector 2019. The Fairwork Foundation

This is the first report by the Fair Work Convention (FWC) since the Fair Work Framework was published. It is commissioned research from the University of Strathclyde on how frontline workers and their managers feel about their day to day work. We a... Read More about Fair Work in Scotland’s Social Care Sector 2019.