Issue - meetings
Extending the Living Wage to Casual Workers
Meeting: 20/01/2014 - Decision Session - Cabinet Leader and Economic Development (Item 5)
5 Extending the Living Wage to Casual Workers 
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This report asks for approval to pay the Living Wage to casual staff from 1 December 2013 to March 2014 in line with other casual staff employed through City of York Trading Ltd.
Additional documents:
- Exempt Annex , View reasons restricted (5/2)
Decision:
Resolved: That the payment of the Living Wage for all casual work at the minimum rate of £7.45 per hour from 1 December 2013 to end of March 2014 be approved.
Reason: To continue to deliver the council’s commitment to address low pay, tackle in-work poverty and as a step towards reducing income inequality which, with the support of other employers in York, will deliver benefits to the whole community.
Minutes:
The Cabinet Member considered a report that sought approval to pay the Living Wage to casual staff from 1 December 2013 to March 2014 in line with other casual staff employed through City of York Trading Ltd.
Resolved: That the payment of the Living Wage for all casual work at the minimum rate of £7.45 per hour from 1 December 2013 to end of March 2014 be approved.
Reason: To continue to deliver the council’s commitment to address low pay, tackle in-work poverty and as a step towards reducing income inequality which, with the support of other employers in York, will deliver benefits to the whole community.