Question reference: S6W-26284
- Date lodged: 19 March 2024
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Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 16 April 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether the new Fair Work conditionality in certain agricultural grants will extend to temporary workers in Scotland on a seasonal worker visa.
Answer
The following five grant schemes listed will have Fair Work conditionality added to the existing grant conditions
• Agri – Environment Climate Scheme (AECS),
• Crofting Agricultural Grants Scheme (CAGS),
• Food Processing, Marketing and Co-operation (FPMC),
• Forestry Grant Scheme (FGS), and
• Sustainable Agriculture Capital Grant Scheme (SACGS).
For CAGS and FGS Fair Work Conditionality will apply from 1 April 2024, for the three other schemes Fair Work Conditionality will be applied from the opening of the next application window for each scheme.
Fair Work conditionality applies to all employees irrespective of contractual length who are working on activity that relies on one of the grants listed above.