This year’s Living Wage Week was our biggest one yet and we would like to thank everyone who took the time to celebrate the Living Wage movement. The Living Wage Scotland team attended events across the country to celebrate the network and to support the announcement of several newly accredited Living Wage employers. At the … Read more
We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone that came to the Living Wage Scotland awards last night. Held at the Technology and Innovation Centre at the University of Strathclyde on Friday the 15th of November, we celebrated Living Wage accredited employers who went above and beyond their dedication to the movement this … Read more
Breakthrough Dundee has become an accredited Living Wage employer, with the announcement being made as part of Living Wage Week (11th – 15th November). The Dundee based charity, started in 2017, work in partnership with the City Council and all of Dundee’s secondary schools. They currently employ 12 people, eight of whom are based full … Read more
The Centre for the Moving Image, which incorporates Edinburgh International Film Festival, Filmhouse Cinema and Café Bar (Edinburgh) and Belmont Filmhouse (Aberdeen) is now an accredited real Living Wage employer, which ensures all staff are paid at least the real Living Wage. The real Living Wage pay rate will also apply to the EIFF Internship … Read more
As part of Living Wage Week (11-17 November), Alzheimer Scotland has joined a growing list of organisations in Scotland to have been celebrated as a Living Wage employer by Living Wage Scotland. Living Wage Week provides an opportunity for Living Wage Scotland, business leaders and leading politicians, to celebrate organisations who are voluntarily going beyond … Read more
During Living Wage Week (11-15 November) it was confirmed that Scottish Borders Council had been successful in receiving Living Wage accreditation. The accreditation recognises the Council’s commitment to paying all directly employed and regular third-party contracted staff the real Living Wage. The success was announced during a special business breakfast event for local firms on … Read more
By Calum Carson, Leeds University Business School As Living Wage Week continues, it is important to talk about the role that individual employers can have on tackling poverty rates in Scotland, and to celebrate the many organisations that are already leading the way in this fight. A less discussed aspect of poverty in Scotland (and … Read more
V&A Dundee has become an accredited Living Wage employer, announced today as part of Living Wage Week (11-15 November). The museum supports Dundee’s commitment to be a Living Wage City, which was launched in March 2019. V&A Dundee is estimated to have had a £23 million economic impact across Scotland in the first 12 months … Read more