Fact Service (August 2015)

Issue 33

More firms commit to paying Living Wage

Two more firms have committed to pay the Living Wage in London or elsewhere.

Staff at window cleaning firm Cam Specialist Support will receive the Living Wage, which is currently set at £7.85 an hour, or £9.50 in London.

Managing director Matt Johnson said: “Paying a wage that people can actually live on is absolutely the right thing to do morally and financially. Our employees are people not commodities.

“We want to attract and retain quality staff and so reward them accordingly. As a London-based organisation, we pay the Living Wage of at least £9.15 per hour in London.”

Printing firm Rival Colour has been accredited as a Living Wage employer, committing to paying staff the Living Wage rate of at least £7.85 an hour

The firm will pay all workers the hourly Living Wage, regardless of whether they are permanent employees or third-party contractors and suppliers.

www.employeebenefits.co.uk/benefits/pay-/-bonus-and-reward/cam-specialist-support-commits-to-living-wage/107339.article

www.employeebenefits.co.uk/home/rival-colour-gains-living-wage-accreditation/107359.article


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