Living Wage
Written by admin on February 27, 2013
Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Policy and Resources Committee has today agreed that the Council will continue to pay a Living Wage as a supplement to its hourly pay rates.
An additional 518 employees will now become eligible for the Scottish Local Government Living Wage minimum rate of £7.50 an hour, making a total of 1,303 employees.
For all these employees, the Living Wage rate will become a contractual entitlement as the SJC (Scottish Joint Council) national agreement will be incorporated into their contract of employment.
Councillor Ivor Hyslop, chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee, said, “I’m pleased that our Council is able to pay the Living Wage, helping our lowest paid workers.”
When Dumfries and Galloway Council agreed to introduce the Living Wage at £7.16 an hour in July 2011, only 5 Councils in Scotland had already done so. This was paid through a supplement to the SJC hourly pay rates.
