MOD Fail to Pay Civilian Staff the Living Wage the SNP Reveal
Sunday 25 November, 2018 Written by Simon Collyer
Hundreds of civilian staff are being paid less than the real Living Wage by the Ministry of Defence, it has been revealed.
In figures revealed under Freedom of Information law, the MoD admitted that 223 civilian staff in Scotland were paid under £8.75 per hour – the real Living Wage at the time – at the beginning of November.
The real Living Wage – which has since risen to £9 an hour – is independently calculated to meet the cost of living.
The SNP has repeatedly called for powers over the minimum wage to be devolved to Scotland and for the minimum wage to be replaced by a real Living Wage
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81.6% of Scottish workers earn the Real Living Wage, the highest rate in the UK.
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