This is the list of documents available for the submission By Baillie Annette Christie:- "Council welcomes the Scottish Government gender pay gap action plan "A fairer Scotland for women". Council particularly welcomes the vision for inclusive growth and fair work, and a continuation of efforts to lower the gender pay gap. Council recognises that the gender pay gap has been consistently lower in Scotland than in the rest of the UK, but there is still work to be done to increase gender equality in Scotland's labour market. Council acknowledges that although employment law is not yet devolved to Scotland, measures can still be taken to improve this indicator. Council understands that interviewers requesting salary history perpetuates ingrained structural discrimination against women and contributes to the gender wage gap. Council notes that a key commitment of the Action Plan (Chapter 2 Employment) is to: Undertake research into international practices on using wage setting powers within the public sector to reduce the incidence of low pay among women. Council instructs the Chief Executive to work with the Scottish Government, COSLA and others to support the implementation of the national action plan; and, explore the option of prohibiting public bodies from asking for salary history in its recruitment of employees to ensure that women are consistently paid a fair market value for their skills.".

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