Active Consultations

The legislation will:

• Require the occupiers of non-domestic premises to present certain recyclable materials for collection separately
• Ban certain separately collected recyclable materials from incineration and landfill
• Ban the disposal of food waste to sewer from business premises
• Make civil sanctions available for associated criminal offences.

The Department for Communities is seeking views on current liquor licensing laws, their impact, if any, and what changes could be considered in the future.

The proposed changes will

• create a legal definition of an ATM
• amend the categories of properties exempt from receiving SBRR to include ATMs
• provide clarification of how ATMs should be treated regarding SBRR.

The PSR is conducting a review of Specific Direction 8 (SD8) which it gave to LINK at the end of last year, to make sure it does all it can to fulfil its commitment to maintain the broad geographic spread of free-to-use ATMs.

The Scottish Government has opened a consultation to allow industry experts, interested stakeholders and MSPs the opportunity to comment on the details of the regulations and allow us to refine the legal approach further– this follows on from a consultation in 2018 on the overarching principles.

Parental leave and pay

This section sets out high level options for reforming existing entitlements which could help parents to balance the gender division of parental leave.

Neonatal leave and pay

This section looks at proposals for a new leave and pay entitlement for parents of babies that require neonatal care after birth.

Transparency of flexible working and family related leave and pay policies