Hundreds of thousands to get pay rise as 'real living wage' increases - MSE News

Former_MSE_Callum · 11 November 2019 at 11:39AM

More than 210,000 workers are set to receive a pay rise after an increase to the 'real living wage' was announced...

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cjv · 11 November 2019 at 12:55PM

The news story is incorrect.

My company is living wage accredited but does not pay the real living wage to all employees.

Instead it is committed to paying it by the end of 2020, or offering the "option" for its clients to pay the real living wage.

This is different to all employees being paid the new rate within 6 months as your story states.

PasturesNew · 11 November 2019 at 1:01PM

Clickbait.

Few companies pay living wage as declared on a short list of employers that do. Many of those that do say they pay it will put it up "next time", not "now".

It's a few people for whom a change might happen.... and irrelevant to "most people".

Former_MSE_Callum · 11 November 2019 at 1:03PM

Hiya,

All Living Wage employers have to pay the Living Wage to their directly employed staff https://www.livingwage.org.uk/become-a-living-wage-employer and they have six months to implement it. https://twitter.com/LucyJLBannister/status/1193798875536076806

ToxicWomble · 11 November 2019 at 1:52PM

Try working for the NHS - no actual pay rise for many years - Infact any uplifts in the last many years haven’t even been in line with inflation

cjv · 11 November 2019 at 6:17PM

That's not true, I am directly employed by a real living wage accredited employer and am not paid the real living wage. See here:

https://www.securitas.uk.com/News/press-releases/living-wage/

Takeaway_Addict · 11 November 2019 at 8:37PM

cjv wrote: »

That's not true, I am directly employed by a real living wage accredited employer and am not paid the real living wage. See here:

https://www.securitas.uk.com/News/press-releases/living-wage/

what are you paid?

cjv · 11 November 2019 at 11:39PM

Less than £9, which is the current real living wage outside London.

Takeaway_Addict · 12 November 2019 at 9:24AM

cjv wrote: »

Less than £9, which is the current real living wage outside London.

and you live in London?

Comms69 · 12 November 2019 at 11:28AM

ToxicWomble wrote: »

Try working for the NHS - no actual pay rise for many years - Infact any uplifts in the last many years haven’t even been in line with inflation

There is a restructured progressions strategy, and the removal of Band 1, so for many of the lowest paid there was significant increases.

Mr_Mann · 12 November 2019 at 9:19PM

What about those who can't work through poor health. Contribution based ESA (Support Group - for those who are unwell) has been frozen since 2014 at a maximum of £115.10 per week and wont be unfrozen for several more years despite us being told austerity has ended. For a 40 hour weeks that's £2.87 per hour. How can anyone live on that and maintain a property, run a car, pay council tax, feed themselves and pay bills. MP's would spend more than this on a meal in a restaurant. I urge you to think about this when voting next month as illness can strike anyone at anytime.

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