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Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) celebrates Living Wage accreditation

Dundee Contemporary Arts has been accredited as a Living Wage employer. Their Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at DCA receive a minimum hourly wage of £9.90 per hour. This new Living Wage rate was announced on Monday 15th November as part of Living Wage Week. This rate is significantly higher than the government minimum for over 23s, which currently stands at £8.91 per … Read more

MacGregor Industrial Supplies celebrates Living Wage accreditation

MacGregor Industrial Supplies has today accredited as a Living Wage employer. Achieving this, means that MacGregor Industrial Supplies voluntarily commits to paying all staff at a rate higher than the national minimum wage. The real Living Wage is are calculated annually, based on the best available evidence about living standards in the UK, to better … Read more

CHAS has become accredited as a real Living Wage employer

Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) has recently accredited as a real Living Wage employer. The Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at CHAS receive a minimum hourly wage of £9.90 per hour. This new Living Wage rate was announced on Monday 15th November as part of Living Wage Week. This rate is significantly higher … Read more

Tweedbank Early Learners celebrates Living Wage accreditation

Galashiels based Tweedbank Early Learners have become accredited as a Living Wage Employer.   This commitment will see everyone working at Tweedbank Early Learners receive a minimum hourly wage of £9.90 per hour.  This new Living Wage rate was announced on Monday 15th November and is significantly higher than the government minimum for over 23s, which currently stands at £8.91 per hour.  Tweedbank Early Learners’ announcement comes during Living … Read more

Shoe retailer marks 155th anniversary with move to real Living Wage

Sixth-generation shoe retailer, Begg Shoes is marking 155 years in business with a move to paying the real Living Wage for its employees.  Significantly higher than the government’s ‘National Living Wage’ for over 23s (the minimum wage), the company has been accredited by the Living Wage Foundation to provide the only UK wage rate that reflects the cost … Read more

NHS Highland becomes accredited Living Wage employer during Living Wage Week

NHS Highland has today been confirmed as an accredited Living Wage employer. Their Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at the health board, including regular workers employed through third party suppliers receive a minimum hourly wage of £9.90 per hour.   The new real Living Wage rate of £9.90 was announced on Monday 15th November as part of Living Wage Week and is significantly higher than the government minimum … Read more

Scotia Windows and Doors has become accredited as a Living Wage Employer

Scotia Windows and Doors has accredited as a Living Wage Employer In Scotland, more than 14% of all jobs pay less than the real Living Wage – around 330,000 jobs. Despite this, Scotia has committed to pay the real Living Wage and deliver a fair day’s pay for a hard day’s work.  The real Living Wage is the … Read more

Dundee Science Centre celebrates Living Wage accreditation

Dundee Science Centre has become accredited as a Living Wage employer. This commitment will see everyone working at Dundee Science Centre receive a minimum hourly wage of £9.50. This announcement comes during Challenge Poverty Week (4th– 10th October). This Scotland-wide campaign raises awareness of the fact that too many people are living in poverty and highlights … Read more

Major contact centre receives Living Wage accreditation

Glasgow-based customer service specialists go-centric have been formally recognised as a real Living Wage employer. The firm said the announcement demonstrates its commitment to workers and has called on the wider contact centre industry to follow suit. The Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at go-centric receive a minimum hourly wage of £9.50 in … Read more

Aegon UK formally accredited as a Living Wage employer

Aegon has informally adopted the real Living Wage with its workforce for many years but the official accreditation enables Aegon to now go beyond the commitment to its workforce and extend the positive impact to its supply chains. Now, as well as requiring in-scope suppliers of regularly contracted staff to pay the real Living Wage, … Read more