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
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
By Hilary Ramsay, Director Finance and Corporate Services, Young Scot Young Scot is the national youth information and citizenship charity for 11 to 25-year-olds living in Scotland. We have been a Living Wage accredited employer since 2015 and have recently committed to the Living Hours standard. The real Living Wage is currently £12 per hour … Read more
Scottish dairy manufacturer Rowan Glen is celebrating their commitment to fair pay and secure work. The business, based in Dumfries and Galloway, has gained both Living Wage and Living Hours accreditation, ensuring their workers earn enough to live on and benefit from secure and stable working hours. This commitment demonstrates the importance they place on … Read more
Visiting Angelz, a nurse-led care at home service, specialising in providing personal and domestic care all across Renfrewshire since 2012, has become the first social care employer to become Living Hours accredited in Scotland. Living Hours accreditation requires employers to pay the real Living Wage to all their employees over the age of 18 and … Read more
40 Scottish employers have now committed to provide secure and stable working hours with the Living Hours scheme Over 37,000 employees working for Scottish based Living Hours employers The Living Hours movement aims to tackle short-shift culture which sees 250 thousand workers in Scotland trapped in low-paid, insecure jobs The Living Hours scheme to tackle … Read more
The Scottish Government has become accredited as a Living Hours employer following commitments to provide secure contracts and flexible hours. They are the first national administration in the UK to commit to the scheme. The announcement was made by Fair Work secretary Neil Gray at the beginning of Living Wage Week, which highlights the benefits … Read more
Social Print and Copy CIC (SP&C), an Edinburgh-based social enterprise, has become the latest accredited Living Hours employer in Scotland. 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 … Read more
Jerba Campervans has become the latest accredited Living Hours employer in Scotland demonstrating its commitment to fair work practices. Living Hours employers commit to providing at least 4 weeks’ notice for every shift with guaranteed payment if shifts are cancelled within this period, a guaranteed minimum of 16 working hours each week (unless the worker … Read more