At its recent AGM in the City of London, social enterprise cleaning company Clean for Good announced that it was sharing 50 per cent of its distributed profits with its workers. At a time when many employers are concerned about ...
Read More »Living Wage Foundation publishes new toolkit to support service providers to boost pay
The Living Wage Foundation has published a new toolkit designed to help responsible employers within the service provision industry join the Living Wage network. Service providers can be part of the network through either accrediting as a Living Wage Employer ...
Read More »Cleanology CEO elected as Co-Chair of Living Wage leadership group
Entrepreneur Dominic Ponniah, CEO and Co-Founder of award-winning commercial cleaning firm Cleanology, has been elected Co-Chair of the Living Wage Foundation’s Recognised Service Provider Leadership Group. Ponniah commented: “As a long-term supporter of the Real Living Wage, I am absolutely ...
Read More »UVW at the Court of Appeal to defend historic win against the Royal Parks over institutional racism
On 20 and 21 February, United Voices of the World union (UVW) will be at the Court of Appeal of a landmark legal claim about outsourcing against the Royal Parks. This is the third round of UVW’s legal battle to ...
Read More »Condé Nast cleaners secure 11% pay rise after strike threat
A group of United Voices of the World (UVW) members from Latin America who clean the offices of global media company Condé Nast in the Adelphi Building in Covent Garden have won a swift pay rise of over 11 per ...
Read More »BCC calls on the cleaning sector to consider paying a real Living Wage
To mark Living Wage Week, the British Cleaning Council (BCC) has renewed its call for cleaning and hygiene sector businesses and organisations to consider also becoming real Living Wage Employers. Supporting the real Living Wage means committing to paying employees ...
Read More »Championing the Living Wage movement for our key workers
As Living Wage Week (14 to 20 November 2022) kicks off today, Gareth Cowmeadow, Key Account Director at Kingdom Cleaning, explains why the movement has never been more important. It’s Living Wage Week, which celebrates the movement that has given ...
Read More »Cleanology joins Living Wage leadership group
Cleanology CEO, Dominic Ponniah, has joined the Living Wage Foundation’s Recognised Service Provider (RSP) Leadership Group. The group acts to encourage wider take-up of fair pay, and to make the accreditation scheme more effective. Ponniah said: “I feel incredibly privileged ...
Read More »Mrs Buckét becomes a Living Wage Employer
Commercial cleaning company, Mrs Buckét, has been certified by the Living Wage Foundation as an accredited Living Wage Employer. The Swansea-headquartered firm has committed to paying its staff in line with rates set by the Living Wage Foundation, the only ...
Read More »WCEC first livery company to be accredited as Living Wage Employer
As of 1 February 2022, the Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners (WCEC) is an accredited Living Wage Employer. It is the first and only City of London Livery company to achieve this status. The WCEC says it is “proud to show solidarity ...
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