Latest UNISON Scotland Briefings from the Bargaining and Campaigns Team. UNISON Scotland Briefings include Bargaining and Policy Briefings for branches on a wide range of policy and employment issues, e-briefings and Legal Updates and briefings for MSPs and MPs and others to represent UNISON policy where decisions are being made.
Local Governance Review Events
The Scottish government and COSLA launched a Local Governance Review in December 2017. This is a review of all public services. The original briefing is available here The next stage ... Read More
Bargaining Briefing 102 – Early Learning & Childcare Delivery Model for 2020
The Scottish government has made a commitment to offer all three and four year olds (and some 2 year olds) in Scotland 1140 hours of free at the point of ... Read More
Scottish Government Programme 2018/19
The Scottish Government has published its programme for the coming year, including new legislation. This briefing highlights the plans of most interest to UNISON members ... Read More
Transport (Scotland) Bill
The Scottish Government has introduced a Transport Bill into Parliament. It changes the way buses are regulated in Scotland, bans pavement and double parking and provides the legal framework for ... Read More
Quality Social Care Procurement
Our latest briefing looks at the practice of social care procurement. There has been some progress since our 2017 survey, but there is still limited monitoring of the quality of ... Read More
Briefing 99 Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme Review
There is a consultation going on about a possible restructuring of Scottish Local Government Pensions schemes. The aim is to compare different options to improve the performance of the schemes ... Read More
Climate Change Bill
The Scottish Government has published the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill. This E-Brief looks at the reason why the Bill's target of 90% emissions reduction by 2050 is ... Read More
Local Governance Review: Democracy Matters
In December 2017, the Scottish government and COSLA jointly launched a Local Governance Review. The aim is to make sure local communities have more say about how public services in ... Read More
Fairer Scotland Duty
The Fairer Scotland Duty came into force in April this year. The Scottish government has published interim guidance for public bodies to support them in meeting their obligations under the ... Read More
Briefing – public sector workforce
This is our annual look at the workforce statistics for the public sector areas UNISON Scotland organises in. The news is better this year for most, but not all sectors ... Read More
