Motion on Payment of Living Wage Rate

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Motion by Councillors B Leishman and Bailie A Bailey
Payment of Living Wage Rate 
Council notes that an increase in the Real Living Wage to £10.90 per hour was
announced by the Living Wage Foundation on 22 September 2022. 
As an accredited Living Wage Employer, the Council would ordinarily pass on the
new rate effective from 1 April 2023.
Council instead agrees to pay the new £10.90 per hour Real Living Wage rate
effective from 1 October 2022. The costs of doing so will be approximately £2,500
which will be funded from the projected under spend in staff cost budgets across
Council Services that was reported to the Finance & Resources Committee on 30
November 2022. Around 58 members of staff will benefit from this change. 
This position will be kept under review in future years.