Launched in 2012, the Brighton & Hove Living Wage Campaign aims to encourage local businesses to voluntarily pay all employees a decent hourly rate.
Set independently and updated annually the Living Wage is calculated according to the basic cost of living in the UK and is the amount that allows a person to live, rather than just survive. The new rate is announced every November during Living Wage week and businesses are given until 1st April to implement the new rate which is currently £9.00 per hour
Our aim is to support and encourage local businesses to voluntarily commit to paying their employees the Living Wage. If you are already paying the Living Wage you can sign up here to show your business’ commitment and then display a Brighton & Hove Living Wage logo on your premises, marketing materials and website. See here who has signed up already.
If you are not paying the Living Wage but would like to join the 522 businesses that currently do, please contact us here for advice and support.
“We are delighted to be able to increase wages to our staff to above the current Living Wage rate from January 2016. The size of the increases are dependent on current salary and skill levels, it will make a considerable difference to the salaries of quite a lot of them. Our employees are all skilled…
"We are proud to be first GP surgery to sign up to the Living Wage Campaign, so essential to the health and wealth of our seafront city."
We feel it is very important for all employers to ensure their staff are paid a fair, living wage for all employment, whether full or part time. We appreciate that Brighton and Hove is an expensive part of the UK to live in, with one of the highest house price-to- earnings ratios in the UK,…
"We’re passionate about the Living Wage Campaign. Paying people a living wage is the decent thing to do. It improves the wellbeing of the community and that’s something that we’re really motivated to achieve. We sincerely hope that this campaign encourages other businesses to do the same."
"Gene is an employee owned business, we take great pride in creating a working environment that is challenging, rewarding, fair, fun and happy. We always put our team members first and we are proud to support the Living Wage Campaign, we know from experience treating staff right helps productivity and ultimately leads to business success…
