Join us for this information seminar that will provide more information on the real Living Wage and how to sign up.
Female workers disproportionately affected with 138,000 of 224,000 workers paid below the Real Living Wage. £47 million boost for the NI economy if a quarter of low paid workers were paid Real Living Wage.
More than 100 employers across Northern Ireland have committed to paying the Real Living Wage, benefiting over 4,200 workers.
Almost half a million people, including over 4,200 in NI, working for more than 15,000 real Living Wage Employers throughout the UK are set for a vital cost-of-living pay boost, as the real Living Wage rates rise to £12.60 an hour across the UK (60p or 5% increase).
USPCA and Clonard Credit Union among the latest to join the movement.
The accreditation covers all three of Encirc’s UK sites, thereby making it one of just under 100 companies to have signed up to the voluntary scheme that recognises businesses that are committed to paying their staff the Real Living Wage.
IN2 is a progressive engineering consultancy with offices in Belfast, Dublin, Athlone, Berlin and London. They specialise in MEP design, building services and sustainability solutions. They make better spaces for people.
Our Head of Policy, Kevin Higgins, spoke to BBC Radio Foyle about the real living wage in Northern Ireland.