At the Policy and Resources Committee next Tuesday (17 November) I will be proposing that the Council implements the new Living Wage Foundation rate of £8.25 an hour with immediate effect, backdated to the date the new rate was announced on 2 November.
This will mean an increase of 28p an hour or 3.5% for around 680 Council employees across a range of services including cleaning and catering staff, school crossing patrollers, cctv operators and clerical workers. The full-time equivalent salary for a 37 hour week for those on the Living Wage will be £15,873. The majority of those who will benefit are however part-time and term-time employees.
The Council currently pays the Scottish Local Government Living Wage rate of £7.97 an hour, which is based on the 2014 Living Wage Foundation rate (£7.85) plus 1.5%. As part of a national two-year pay agreement the Scottish Local Government Living Wage rate will increase to £8.33 (£8.25 plus 1%) on 1 April 2016.
The additional cost to the Council of increasing the Inverclyde Living Wage to £8.25 in advance of the planned increase on 1 April 2016 will be around £70,000.
The Labour Administration is keen that our lowest paid workers receive the new Living Wage Foundation rate at the earliest opportunity, which is why we are making this proposal. I am confident we will receive cross-party support for it.
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