Social Security Scotland has become the first Living Hours accredited employer in Dundee City. Living Hours accreditation requires employers to pay the real Living Wage to all their employees over the age of 18 and commit to providing at least four weeks’ notice for every shift, with guaranteed payment if shifts are cancelled within this … Read more
By Anna Ritchie Allan, Executive Director, Close the Gap Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Close the Gap was working to highlight the increasing precarity of women’s employment in Scotland. This labour market trend was then exacerbated by Covid-19 job disruption which hit women the hardest, risking a rollback of progress that had been made on women’s … Read more
Multi-award-winning Hanover Healthfoods are celebrating 120 years in business this month. They are “probably” the oldest health food store in the world and one of Edinburgh’s oldest independent businesses. Hanover Healthfoods became accredited Living Wage Employers in 2015. At the time John said “It is the right and only thing to do. We believe it … Read more
A new milestone has been achieved in our campaign to tackle insecure work, with more than 50 employers now accredited as Living Hours employers in Scotland. These employers have committed to providing secure and stable hours alongside a real Living Wage. Together these employers employ more than 40,000 staff and are committed to providing at … Read more
Lothian Buses have been accredited as a Living Wage employer. As the UK’s largest municipal bus company owned by the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, and West Lothian councils the organisation is one of the region’s largest employers with over 2,500 staff. Their Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at Lothian Buses receive … Read more