Policy briefing: In-work poverty in the hospitality sector in Scotland

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:

• 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.

• 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.