The week highlights and celebrates employers who are already accredited and encourages other organisations to join.

This year the UK-wide real Living Wage rate increased from £9.90 to £10.90. This is the largest ever increase in the rate (10.1%), providing a significant pay boost to thousands of workers and their families.

Councillor Ayeshah Khan, Convener of Enterprise & Fair Work, said: “As the only wage rate calculated based on living costs, the real Living Wage is more important now than ever.  

“In Scotland over 59,000 staff working for more than 2,900 accredited employers have received an uplift to the real Living Wage since the campaign began.

“Across Lanarkshire, 5765 workers have been uplifted to the real Living Wage by 254 accredited Living Wage employers.”

Councillor Khan was joined by Living Wage employers including, VANL, ACS Clothing, Employability Services, Clarke Fire Protection Products Ltd at the Civic Centre in Motherwell for a photocall to promote Living Wage Week 2022.

Being a Living Wage employer offers a number of business benefits including:

• enhancing the quality of work and staff;
• improved loyalty and customer service;
• positive impact on the employers reputation;
• reducing sickness absence rates
• improved retention rates; and
• ensuring the Council is an employer of choice.

For more information on becoming a Living Wage employer, visit: https://scottishlivingwage.org/living-wage-week