skip to navigationskip to main content

Call: 020 8447 6868

button-our-promises

Our Promises

button-what-our-clients-say

What Our Clients Say

button-meet-the-team

Meet The Team

Real living wage increase takes effect

Newsletter issue - December 2016.

The real living wage rate has increased by 20p per hour to £8.45 an hour (£9.75 in London), which is higher than the UK-wide official National Living Wage for those over 25, currently set at £7.20, while those under 25 must be paid the national minimum wage (NMW).

The Living Wage is independently-calculated each year based on what employees and their families need to live. Employers can choose to pay the real Living Wage on a voluntary basis but it is currently paid by a third of FTSE 100 companies.

The rates apply to all workers over 18 in recognition that young people face the same living costs as everyone else.

These figures are calculated annually by the Resolution Foundation and overseen by the Living Wage Commission, based on the best available evidence on living standards in London and the UK.

Sign up for our newsletter