Over 3,400 Scottish employers are Living Wage accredited, meaning a rise for 64,200 workers.
The 10% pay boost will see more than 64,000 workers better off to help tackle inflation.It comes as 460,000 Living Wage workers are set for a pay boost at 14,000 Living Wage employers across the UK.
Recent research by the Living Wage Foundation shows that despite inflation easing, the cost-of-living crisis is far from over for Britain’s 3.5m low paid workers, with 60% having used aUnlike the Government minimum wage, which is the ‘National Living Wage’ for over 23’s at £10.42, the real Living Wage is the only wage rate independently calculated based on rising living costs and applies to everyone over 18.
“Today as the Living Wage rate rises, we commend the leadership of over 3,400 Living Wage employers in Scotland and call on many more to pay the Living Wage and become accredited. We all need an income that is enough to cover our needs and protect us from poverty, and it’s only right that employers play their part by paying a wage that covers the cost of living.”
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