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 £9.30 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 641 businesses that currently do, please contact us here for advice and support.
"We support the Living Wage Campaign as we believe that everyone should be paid fairly for their work."
"People need to be able to do more than just survive. Giving something back by supporting your community and ensuring the people you work with a bit more than a living wage really isn't that much to ask. Brighton is an amazing city, what makes it so amazing is the unique range of people that…
"We are proud to be able to say we are now a Living Wage employer, we were not far off prior to this campaign but it highlighted the issues and the total additional cost has been manageable even in the current climate."
We are committed to helping to make Brighton the best version of itself that it can be. That includes a fulfilled and healthy workforce who are fairly paid, thereby supporting individuals to contribute to an even stronger society.
"The firm is strongly committed to this campaign for the positive benefits that is gives not only to employees but to the wider Brighton community. We pay the living wage to our staff and this campaign endorses what we are already doing. The firm would actively encourage other local employers to do the same."
