I have launched a proposed Bill to establish a Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council (SEIAC).
The Scotland Act 2016 secured the devolution of a range of social security powers, including over industrial injuries.
Working with Trade Unions, third sector organisations and the business community, I have identified the need for a new Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council to shape, inform and scrutinise the social security supports available to people who are injured in the course of their employment, through no fault of their own.
The proposed Bill will ensure that the Council includes a range of experts, including relevant medical experts, trade unions and representatives who best understand workers’ lived experience and views of workplace injury and disease.
You can read more about the plans by reading the consultation document here
Please make your thoughts known about the plans by completing this survey. However, if you do not have full online access, or prefer not to use Smart Survey, you may also respond by e-mail or in hard copy. Information on the handling of your data can be found in the Privacy Notice, which is contained within the Smart Survey link above and in the consultation document.
The deadline for responses is Monday 1 February 2021
Responses not made via Smart Survey should, if possible, be prepared electronically (preferably in MS Word). Please keep formatting of this document to a minimum. Please send the document by e-mail (as an attachment, rather than in the body of the e-mail) to:
mark.griffin.msp@parliament.scot
Responses prepared in hard copy should either be scanned and sent as an attachment to the above email address or sent by post to:
Mark Griffin MSP
Room M1.20
Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh EH99 1SP
Responses submitted by e-mail or hard copy may be entered into Smart Survey by my office or by the Non-Governmental Bills Unit.
If submitting a response by e-mail or hard copy, please include written confirmation that you have read and understood the Privacy Notice.
You may also contact my office by telephone on 0131 348 6398.
