The Real Living Wage
If you want to showcase your company as a good for business, good for workers organisation, then please sign up for Real Living Wage Accreditation. The benefits of being RLW Accredited include:-:
- An enhanced reputation as an employer
- It differentiates you from your competitors
- Savings on retention, recruitment and training new staff
- You are helping to tackle in-work poverty by paying a wage that provides more secure and healthier lives for families
- You are strengthening our local economy by investing in its people
Where employers pay the Scottish RLW (currently £12.60 per hour) to all directly employed staff aged 18 and over (with exception of Apprentices), they can join the growing number of Scottish employers who are RLW Accredited and are contributing to building a stronger, fairer Region.
There is an annual accreditation fee which varies according to the type of organisation and the total number of staff. Current rates are:-
|
Organisation Type |
Total Number of Staff |
Annual Fee (Excluding VAT) |
|
All Sectors |
0 – 10 |
£71 |
|
All Sectors |
11 – 50 |
£141 |
|
All Sectors |
51 - 250 |
£282 |
|
All Sectors |
251 – 500 |
£564 |
|
Public Sector & Charities |
501+ |
£564 |
|
Private Sector |
501+ |
£3,530 |
Full details can be found at the links and the Employer Guide provides further information (See Other Websites section).
In Inverclyde there are currently 37 accredited RLW employers and we want to help raise that figure as part of the Glasgow City Region (GCR) Living Wage campaign.
Current Inverclyde RLW accredited employers are:-
- Ardgowan Hospice
- BASK (Before and After School Childcare, Kilmacolm)
- Beacon Arts Centre
- Bowman Rebecchi Residential Letting
- Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
- Caskie Ltd
- Chris Wright & Sons
- Cloch Housing Association Ltd
- Coffee Conscience Ltd
- Craig Molloy Coaching CIC
- Creative Regeneration
- CVS Inverclyde
- David MacBrayne HR UK Ltd
- Financial Fitness
- Greenock Medical Aid Society
- Homefix Scotland
- Inverclyde Advice & Employment Rights
- Inverclyde Community Development Trust
- Inverclyde Council
- Inverclyde Leisure
- In Work Enterprises
- Kilpatrick Blaine Services Ltd
- Man On! Inverclyde
- Moving On Inverclyde
- Ocean Youth Trust Scotland
- Quarriers
- RIG Arts
- Riverclyde Homes
- Riverside Inverclyde Property Holdings
- Stepwell
- The George Wyllie Foundation 2019 (The Wyllieum)
- The Haven Kilmacolm
- Trade Right International
- Tweetiepie Media
- West College Scotland
- WH Kirkwood
- Youth 2030
The accreditation process is very straight forward and there is support available from Council staff. Please contact employabilityandskills@inverclyde.gov.uk if you have queries or need help getting started.
