Scottish business leaders have revealed continued concerns about skills shortages, with 44% reporting that they do not currently have the right number of people in their workforce.
This is according to the latest Institute of Directors (IoD) Scotland State of the Nation Directors Survey, which also highlights that 43% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are not confident in being able to recruit the right people for the vacancies they need to fill over the next 12 months – down 8% from the 2022 results.
This coincides with low levels of awareness of the Scottish Government’s Fair Work Principles Framework - a key workforce policy launched in 2016 aimed at driving security, opportunity and respect in the workforce.
