The Fair Work Festival 2026 is coming up!
Next week (16–20 March) organisations across Scotland will gather to explore how #FairWork can strengthen businesses, empower workers, and create more inclusive, forward‑looking workplaces.
The week features a wide range of online sessions, from job security and gender equality, to flexible working insights and the role of emerging technologies in building fair, productive organisations.
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View the full programme and register:
Fair Work Festival events
The Fair Work Festival 2026 takes place from Monday 16 to Friday 20 March.
It’s open to employers and workers who want to learn more about fair work and how to implement it in their organisation.
Here you can find out about events taking place and how to register. More events will be added in the lead up to the festival.
Monday 16 March
Secure Workforce, Stronger Business
Host: Peer Works and South of Scotland Enterprise
Time: 12:00 – 13:00
Location: Online
Join us for an online session on how job security can reduce staff turnover, support recruitment, and build resilient, values led organisations, delivering measurable benefits for workers and employers alike. This session is delivered in partnership with SOSE and The Poverty Alliance as part of the Fair Work Festival 2026.
Register for Secure Workforce, Stronger Business
Fair Work, Smart Business
Host: South of Scotland Enterprise
Time: 13.15 – 14.15
Location: Online
Join us to discover how small, people-centric changes can boost performance, strengthen your employer brand, and give your organisation a real competitive edge.
Register for Fair Work, Smart Business
Tuesday 17 March
Think Business, Think Equality: Turning Fair Work commitments into action
Host: Close the Gap
Time: 10:00 to 11:00
Location: Online (MS Teams)
Join Close the Gap for a practical, business-focused session on how employers can strengthen Fair Work practices and advance gender equality at work, featuring the free Think Business Think Equality tool.
Register for Think Business, Think Equality
Flex for Life 2026: The real picture of flexible working in Scotland
Host: Flexibility Works
Time: 11:00 to 12:00
Location: Online
An evidence lead session sharing key findings from the Flex for Life 2026 research. Exploring how flexible working in Scotland supports Fair Work and helps people access and sustain good quality work.
Register for Flex for Life 2026
Futureproof your business – People, AI and productivity
Host: Scottish Enterprise in partnership with Peer Works
Time: 12:00 – 13:00
Location: Online (MS Teams)
Join Scottish Enterprise and Peer Works for an online session that will look at how businesses can use emerging technologies to improve performance while supporting fair and progressive workplace practices and better outcomes for employees.
Register for Futureproof your business
Overcoming Barriers to Fair Work through Anti-Racist Leadership
Host: BITC/CEMVO Scotland
Time: 14:00 – 15:00
Location: Online (MS Teams)
Join BITC and CEMVO Scotland for a focused session exploring how anti‑racist leadership can accelerate progress towards Fair Work, with particular emphasis on Opportunity and Effective Voice.
Register for Overcoming Barriers to Fair Work
Wednesday 18 March
Escaping In-Work Poverty – The Living Wage Escape Room
Host: Living Wage Scotland
Time:
10:00 – 11:00
12:00 – 13:00
14:00 – 15:00
Location: In person – The Studio, Hope Street, Glasgow
An interactive puzzle game themed around the real Living Wage, Living Hours, and Living Pensions fair work measures.
Register for The Living Wage Escape Room
Fair Work in Action: Practical Steps Through Supported Employment
Host: Scottish Union of Supported Employment (SUSE)
Time: 10:00 – 11:00
Location: Online (MS Teams)
Join this one-hour session from SUSE to discover how inclusive hiring through Supported Employment can boost your business, strengthen workplace culture, and deliver on Fair Work principles.
Register for Fair Work in Action
Fair Work & Mental Health: Building a Workplace Where People Thrive
Host: Acas
Time: 11:00 – 12:00
Location: Webinar
In this webinar Acas explore how employers can positively support mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.
Register for Fair Work & Mental Health: Building a Workplace Where People Thrive
Delivering Fair Work Through Workforce Health and Wellbeing Support: The Working Health Services Approach
Host: Working Health Services Scotland (WHSS)
Time: 13:00 – 14:00
Location: Online
Join Working Health Services Scotland (WHSS) to discover how early, person centred health and wellbeing support helps employers reduce absence, improve retention and strengthen workplace culture while enabling employees to stay healthy, confident and thriving in meaningful work.
Register for Delivering Fair Work
Thursday 19 March
Fair Work, Smart Business
Host: South of Scotland Enterprise
Time: 12.00 – 13.00
Location: Online
Join us to discover how small, people-centric changes can boost performance, strengthen your employer brand, and give your organisation a real competitive edge.
Register for Fair Work, Smart Business
Showcasing Fair Work in Social Enterprise
Host: Social Enterprise Scotland
Time: 13:00 – 14:00
Location: Online
Discover how Scotland’s social enterprises are putting Fair Work into practice in ‘Showcasing Fair Work in Social Enterprise’, a one-hour online event featuring data, insights, inspiration and practical ideas from an award-winning social enterprise.
Register for Showcasing Fair Work in Social Enterprise
The Employment Rights Act 2025 and Fair Work in Scotland
Host: Fair Work Convention and CIPD Scotland
Time: 14:00 – 15:30
Location: Online (MS Teams)
Join this webinar, jointly organised by the Fair Work Convention and the CIPD, for the latest update on the implementation of the Employment Rights Act 2025 and its interaction with the fair work agenda in Scotland.
Register for The Employment Rights Act 2025 and Fair Work in Scotland
Friday 20 March
How to Create or Negotiate Fair, Flexible Work That Works for You
Host: Flexible Working Scotland
Time: 10.00 – 11.00
Location: Online
An interactive one-hour webinar with Lynn Houmdi, Founder of Flexible Working Scotland and Scotland’s Flex Influencer, sharing practical advice and real-life insight to help jobseekers and employees find, negotiate and sustain fair, flexible work.
Register for How to Create or Negotiate Fair, Flexible Work That Works for You
