This policy briefing shares findings and policy implications at the mid-point of a three-year action research project on in-work poverty and the hospitality sector.
Key messages from the briefing include:
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Public services such as childcare, transport and housing need to better factor in the needs of people working in the hospitality sector if in-work poverty is to be eradicated. Businesses are not able, and should not be expected, to provide services that are the responsibility of the state.
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Hospitality employers are facing one of the most challenging business environments in decades. There is more the government can do to ease the current pressures faced by the sector.
Authors
Chirsty is a Knowledge Exchange Associate at the Fraser of Allander Institute where she primarily works on projects related to employment and inequality.
Emma Congreve is Principal Knowledge Exchange Fellow and Deputy Director at the Fraser of Allander Institute. Emma's work at the Institute is focussed on policy analysis, covering a wide range of areas of social and economic policy. Emma is an experienced economist and has previously held roles as a senior economist at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and as an economic adviser within the Scottish Government.
Calum is an Associate Economist at the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI) and a Researcher at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP). He specialises in economic modelling and trade, and holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Edinburgh.
Allison is a Fellow at the Fraser of Allander Institute. She specialises in health, socioeconomic inequality and labour market dynamics.