Some years ago we decided to sign up to the Living Wage Foundation as a real living wage employer. Our members who have staff are expected to pay at least the current real living wage. We went one step further too and became an authorised Living Wage Building. You can do this cheaply by helping to promote fair pay in your town or city neighbourhood. You will be committing to not only being a living wage employer (including paying contractors eg cleaners at least the real living wage). You will be expected to have your members do so too or at least agree to go that way.
LIVING WAGE BUILDING: When we ran Workbox Penzance, we were delighted to become the town’s first accredited ‘Living Wage Building’. All our member businesses paid their staff and contractors the real living wage (then £9.30 an hour) or more, and we hosted meetings at the Workbox exploring how Penzance could become a recognised ‘Living Wage Town’. Find out more at the Fair Pay Penzance page!
To find out more visit the Living Wage Foundation
https://www.livingwage.org.uk/living-wage-places
