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Preston joins other authorities as living wage employer
Preston City Council is to become a living wage employer, along with the Olympic Delivery Authority, KPMG, Glasgow City Council, Oxford City Council and Lewisham Council. The council will ensure its...
View ArticleScottish Local Government Minister welcomes Living Wage
Most of Scotland’s councils currently pay employees the Scottish Living Wage of £7.20 per hour. Eleven councils already pay their staff the Living Wage and six councils have now confirmed they will pay...
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Living wage for Caerphilly Council staff
Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Cabinet has supported the introduction of the Living Wage to help tackle poverty. The Cabinet has recommended the proposals to ensure that council employees are paid...
View ArticleLiving Wage (Scotland) Bill
In-work poverty is a problem that affects thousands of families across Scotland. It is estimated that 6 out of 10 poor children live in families that suffer from in-work poverty. The current climate of...
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Scottish Government commits to £7.45 living wage
Finance Secretary John Swinney has announced a new living wage of £7.45 for employees working in parts of the public sector under the Scottish Government’s pay policy and urged employers in the...
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IPPR: Paying a living wage could save the UK billions
Introducing the living wage across the UK would save the Treasury just over £2bn a year, a new study will reveal. The analysis from the Resolution Foundation and the IPPR think tanks to be published...
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Bill set to strengthen Living Wage
Amendments to the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Bill that will further strengthen its commitment to the Living Wage are set to be discussed during the Bill’s final Parliamentary debate. The Government...
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2015 must bring living standards boost: TUC
TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady claims the real value of the average full-time wage fell by £487 in 2014 (from new TUC analysis – full details below). This means that the average full-time...
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Scottish Living Wage thrives
The Poverty Alliance, which runs the Living Wage Accreditation scheme in Scotland has indicated that more than 100,000 employees of accredited companies are now benefitting from the Living Wage....
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UK living wage problem continues
In some parts of Britain half the jobs are paying less than the living wage, the TUC yesterday (Monday) revealed at the start of the second week of the TUC’s Fair Pay Fortnight. TUC analysis of...
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Rabbie’s signs Scottish Business Pledge
Rabbie’s has become the first tourism company to sign up to the Scottish Business Pledge. On 1st July Deputy First Minister, John Swinney, helped staff to prepare one of its sightseeing tours. The...
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Another leading Scottish organisation to pay living wage
A significant milestone in the push to have 500 Living Wage-accredited employers in Scotland was reached on 12 August. Beatson Cancer Charity has been confirmed as the 300th employer to be accredited,...
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Edinburgh business becomes 100th Scottish living wage employer
Edinburgh computer games developer, Blazing Griffin, has been named as the 100th organisation to sign up for the Scottish Business Pledge. Their Pledge recognises that Blazing Griffin is paying the...
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More workers on less than the Living Wage: TUC
The TUC has commented on new Living Wage data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which shows a growing proportion of the UK workforce is paid less than the Living Wage. TUC General...
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£8.25: Scottish Government announces new Living Wage
A 40 pence increase in the Living Wage, calculated independently and set by the Living Wage Foundation in partnership with the Poverty Alliance, has been announced in Scotland, which the Scottish...
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Economic uncertainty must be factored in before recommending increases to...
EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has warned that economic uncertainty following the EU referendum vote must be factored in to any increases to the National Living Wage in April next year. In a...
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Living Wage
800th Living Wage employer accredited (May 18th). Gorgie City Farm has become the 800th Scottish-based Living Wage accredited employer. Cabinet Secretary for Fair Work Keith Brown made the announcement...
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Living wage rises to £8.75
Cabinet Secretary for Fair Work Keith Brown welcomed the new Living Wage rate and has urged more Scottish employers to become accredited. The 30 pence uplift will see thousands of people benefit from...
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The ‘Living Wage’ must be extended, says TUC
TUC reacts to the increase in the ‘National Living Wage’ from the UK Government. According to TUC, new analysis published by the ‘Living Wage’ Foundation shows that paying minimum wage workers the real...
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Employers encouraged to put ‘Fair Work First’
Support to make workplaces fairer. A range of measures to support employers to embed fairer working practices have been set out in a new Fair Work Action Plan. Building on the First Minister’s ‘Fair...
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