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PAY BOOST FOR OVER 18,000 WELSH WORKERS AS THE REAL LIVING WAGE INCREASES TO £10.90

10.1% increase in real Living Wage, the largest year-on-year rise Over 390,000 Living Wage workers are set for a pay boost at over 11,000 Living Wage employers across the UK Almost 500 Welsh employers are Living Wage accredited, meaning a pay boost for 18,600 Welsh workers £10.6 million in extra wages has gone to low-paid …

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2022-23 Living Wage rates announced 22nd September

With UK inflation hitting double figures this month, reaching the highest level in four decades, everyone is feeling the pressure, but we know low-paid workers will be hit harder than most. As living costs soar, the movement for a real Living Wage is more important than ever.

Living Wage Parliamentary Reception

News / By Abi Hoare

Cynnal Cymru’s Living Wage Programme Officer, Grace Robinson, discusses the Living Wage parliamentary reception and the future of the fair work agenda in Wales.

cynnal Cymru welcomes new staff members

News / By Abi Hoare

In the last month, Cynnal Cymru has welcomed two new employees to support our growing work programme. Our team of 12 sustainability specialists work to support organisations across three core programme areas: (i) low carbon economy, (ii) natural environment and (iii) fair and just society. To take forward the real Living Wage in Wales and support Welsh …

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LIVING WAGE FOUNDATION RESPONDS TO COST OF LIVING CRISIS

News / By Lynsey Jackson

The Living Wage Foundation has today announced it will be bringing its new 2022-23 rate announcement forward to September, in response to the rising cost of living.

LIVING WAGE MILESTONE: 10,000 EMPLOYERS PAYING THE REAL LIVING WAGE TO SUPPORT STAFF WITH COST OF LIVING

News / By Abi Hoare

Over 10,000 UK employers are now accredited with the Living Wage Foundation, nearly half (over 4,500) of whom have signed up since March 2020 Latest names to sign up include organisations like the Royal Albert Hall and the Fed; New research shows the Living Wage campaign has put over £1.8 billion in extra wages in the pockets of low paid …

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National Living Wage rise

News / By Abi Hoare

A welcome boost, but workers need more to tackle cost of living crisis.

Pledges Wanted To Make Cardiff One Of The UK’s Most Sustainable Food Places

News / By Lynsey Jackson

A new campaign hopes to set Cardiff on the path to becoming one of the UK’s most sustainable food places.

£96m investment to give tens of thousands of social care staff a £1,000 extra payment

Care, News, Welsh Government / By Lynsey Jackson

Tens of thousands of social care staff who will be eligible for the real living wage from April will receive an additional £1,000 net payment as the Welsh Government invests in the sector.

Little actions can make a big collective difference

Living Wage City, News / By Abi Hoare

St David’s last words were ‘do the little things’, the well-known maxim in Wales. This St David’s Day, employers across the Capital are being asked to think about the things they can do to join over 160 organisations in making Cardiff a Living Wage City.

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