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EMCOR UK recognised at the Living Wage Champion Awards

EMCOR UK has won the Recognised Service Provider Champion award at the 2022 Living Wage Champion Awards. The awards celebrate individuals and organisations that have made an outstanding contribution to the Living Wage movement, which was launched by Citizens UK ...

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EMCOR UK paying the Real Living Wage across its entire business

Since the 1 April 2022 all EMCOR UK employees are now being paid the Real Living Wage or above. The move comes over a year earlier than planned to help ease the impact of the recent increase in the cost ...

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Cleanology’s CEO joins Living Wage leadership group

Dominic Ponniah, CEO at Cleanology, has joined the Living Wage Foundation’s Recognised Service Provider (RSP) Leadership Group, which acts to encourage wider take-up of fair pay, and to make the accreditation scheme more effective. Ponniah said: “I feel incredibly privileged ...

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Ground Control becomes Living Wage Employer

Landscape and maintenance contractor, Ground Control, has strengthened its employer credentials by committing to pay its workers the Living Wage. Its employees across the country will earn £9.50 per hour – or £10.85 if based in in London. Both rates ...

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Cleanology’s commitment to fair pay is recognised at the Living Wage Champion Awards

Cleanology’s long term commitment to fair pay in the cleaning industry has resulted in the commercial cleaning firm being named winner of the Recognised Service Provider 2021 category at the recent Living Wage Champion Awards. Since 2017, the company has ...

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Delivering a real Living Wage to workers

The Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) recently published guidance, in partnership with the Living Wage Foundation, outlining the practicalities and benefits of paying the real Living Wage. With FM suppliers admitting they often struggle to deliver a real ...

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Doing the right thing

Tim Deeker-Harris of Prime Clean Limited outlines the aims and benefits of the Living Wage The Living Wage was founded by Citizens UK as far back as 2001 when the grassroots organisation, Citizens UK, brought together local institutions to talk ...

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Cleaning up our act

Aaron Sagar, Account Manager at Anabas, makes the case for rewarding cleaning staff fairly for their efforts   As FM providers, we expect our clients to pay a fair contract price, which often includes multiple services, overheads and a management ...

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