Cosmetic improvement with Living Wage


It may be lush as they say in the South West, as cosmetics group Lush is to pay all of its permanent employees in the UK, including retail and manufacturing staff, the voluntary Living Wage from April.


The commitment to the Living Wage will result in a pay increase for 3,555 employees, who will see their rate of pay rise from £7.40 to £8.45 an hour.


Lush has been paying the London Living Wage — currently £9.75 an hour — to employees working in the capital since 2011.


The voluntary Living Wage is an independently-set rate of pay that is calculated according to the cost of living and is not to be confused with the lower statutory National Living Wage. Lush will also be accredited as a Living Wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation in April.


The company is also enhancing its maternity and paternity offering; UK employees will be able to take up to six months of maternity leave at full pay, and four weeks of paternity leave at full pay.


Lush, which employs 4,500 members of staff in the UK and 19,471 globally, will continue to review pay rates for its international employees.


Last year, Lush buffed up its environment credentials by launching a nationwide campaign in all their shops to bring the plight of the persecuted bird, the Hen Harrier, to the attention of their thousands of customers. 


www.employeebenefits.co.uk/issues/march-online-2017-2/lush-enhances-pay-parental-benefits-uk-employees/


http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/2014/08/07/lush-cosmetics-gets-behind-the-hen-harrier-campaign/