Emma Zimmerman introduces our latest impact case study, which looks at how research by the Living Wage Foundation (LFW) is supporting their ‘Living Hours’ scheme and helping deliver their mission to tackle work insecurity in the UK.
In-work poverty has been a growing problem in asia rcs data the UK for the past two decades. The Living Wage Foundation (LWF) is an independent organisation on a mission to tackle in-work poverty through campaigning for fair pay and fair working hours.
A woman with a mask on holding up a sign saying Over Worked, Under Valued, Exploited
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Since 2012, the LWF has led the ‘real Living Wage’ movement, which encourages employers to pay an independently-calculated hourly wage that is sufficient to meet actual living costs. Living Wage employers are recognised and celebrated through an accreditation scheme that awards the Living Wage Employer Mark.
Over 9,000 employers across the UK are now paying the real Living Wage, meaning that the movement has put over £1.6bn into the pockets of low paid workers, and secured pay rises for almost 300,000 workers. The movement even inspired the UK Government’s approach to the minimum wage, with the National Living Wage (NLW) being introduced in 2016.