Decision details
Real Living Wage
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: For Determination
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
The Cabinet considered a report of the Executive Director (Transformation) providing an overview of the Real Living Wage and outlined the financial and non-financial implications of becoming a Real Living Wage employer.
Resolved:-
That the Council declares it is a Real Living Wage employer and actively works towards obtaining the Real Living Wage accreditation.
Reason for Decision
The benefits of becoming an accredited Living wage employer are set out in the submitted report.
Other Options
1. Continue to pay the nationally agreed pay scales
2. Ensure the Council pays the living wage to directly employed employees, but do not seek to obtain the real living wage accreditation
3. Seek the real living wage accreditation and work with arm’s length organisations and 3rd party suppliers to ensure that they are paying the real living wage
Note: This is an Executive Function
Eligible for call in to: Policy and Resources Scrutiny Committee
Cabinet Member: Councillor Gilbert
Report author: Joanna Ruffle
Publication date: 20/09/2019
Date of decision: 17/09/2019
Decided at meeting: 17/09/2019 - Cabinet
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