Before joining JRF Jack spent five years at the Poverty Alliance as their Living Wage Scotland Manager, working with employers from all sectors and industries to help embed the real Living Wage in wage structures. Prior to entering the third sector in 2015, Jack was the Operations Manager of H&M in Scotland and before that worked at UK Anti-Doping. Jack's research interests include in-work poverty, employer practice change and procurement.
Email: jack.evans@jrf.org.uk
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The new Scottish Government has said that eradicating child poverty will be its defining mission. This briefing is about what honouring that commitment requires when it comes to the labour market.
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