A city wide partnership, Making Dundee a Living Wage City, has hit a major milestone in reaching its 5th anniversary. In 2019 Dundee was the first city in the UK to adopt the new place-based approach which aims to drive uptake in the real Living wage by local businesses. Paying the real Living Wage is … 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
March is Scottish Tourism Month – an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the tourism and hospitality industry and its huge importance to Scotland’s economy. The tourism and hospitality industry is vital in Scotland, supporting £1.7 billion of economic activity due in no small part to the skilled and dedicated people who are essential in creating … Read more
Help us grow the Living Wage movement in Scotland! The Poverty Alliance are recruiting a Living Wage Project Assistant to support delivery of our highly successful national programme: Living Wage Scotland. Post Living Wage Project Assistant (LWPA) Salary £28,816 (pro rata) per annum plus 6% pension Duration Fixed Term until 31st March 2025 with likely extension Hours 28 … Read more
Help us grow the Living Wage movement in Scotland! We’re excited to share a maternity cover opportunity in the Living Wage Scotland team at the Poverty Alliance to help us expand our employer engagement activities and increase our impact. Secondments can also be considered. Post Living Wage Accreditation Officer Salary £33,409 per annum plus 6% pension … Read more
A campaign to boost the number of businesses which become real Living Wage accredited has led to 12,000 Edinburgh workers receiving a direct, guaranteed uplift in pay over the past decade. Since the real Living Wage campaign was launched in Scotland in 2013, over 700 Edinburgh businesses have made the voluntary commitment to pay the only … 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
Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to a memorable Living Wage Week. The campaign to ensure everyone earns enough to live on in Scotland relies on our fantastic network of engaged employers and supporters. We couldn’t do this without you! Read on for some of our highlights and please ensure you are subscribed … Read more
This year’s Living Wage Scotland Awards took place on Thursday 9 November at Scotland’s design museum, the V&A Dundee. A huge thank you to everyone for making this truly a night to remember. The event was hosted by the wonderful comedian Susan Morrison and our special guest speaker was the amazing Richard McCann, bestselling author, … Read more
SSE has become accredited as a Living Pension Employer. Since becoming one of the UK’s first major employers to gain its Living Wage accreditation in 2013, SSE has taken an active role in promoting the principles of fair wages, including rolling the Living Wage out through its UK supply chain, paying the Living Wage in … Read more