Motion 81
Women’s Economic Inactivity
“That this Congress notes that the main reason for women being economically inactive has historically been caring responsibilities, but long-term sickness or disability is now the main reason for women being economically inactive.
“Yet we do not clearly understand the reasons this is happening and we need to realise that data gaps are not neutral and they allow structural inequalities to go unchallenged.
“Despite being in place for over a decade, the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) has failed to deliver change, and in September the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee found that public bodies are failing to deliver on PSED.
“As unions, we will rightly focus on the members in the workplace, but we need to understand the barriers that might be preventing access as well as the hurdles when in employment.
“Congress calls on the General Council to:
- share amongst affiliates good practice on accessible recruitment practices, such as proactively asking for any adjustments that are required, and making interview questions available in advance to all candidates;
- create links between the trade union movement and disabled people’s organisations so that we can learn from each other; and
- provide guidance/training for public sector unions on how to use PSED to hold public bodies to account for their decision-making processes.”
Mover: Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)
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