PROACT Medical Ltd Celebrates Commitment to Real Living Wage
PROACT Medical Ltd has been accredited as a Living Wage Employer. Our Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at PROACT Medical Ltd receive a minimum hourly wage of £9.50. Both rates are significantly higher than the government minimum for over 25s, which currently stands at £8.72 per hour.
PROACT Medical Ltd is based in Corby, in the East Midlands, a region with one of the highest proportions of non-Living Wage jobs in the country (22%), with over 405,000 jobs paying less than the real Living Wage. Despite this, PROACT has committed to pay the real Living Wage and deliver a fair day’s pay for a hard day’s work. The real Living Wage is the only rate calculated according to the costs of living. It provides a voluntary benchmark for employers that wish to ensure their staff earn a wage they can live on, not just the government minimum. Since 2011 the Living Wage movement has delivered a pay rise to over 250,000 people and put over £1.3 billion extra into the pockets of low paid workers.
PROACT Medical’s Managing Director stated that “It’s been getting harder and harder for people to make ends meet year on year and because of this it’s been our aim to try to ensure that at the very least all our staff receive the Real Living Wage rate. This is a commitment that every employer should make in our opinion and we are very pleased to have received this accreditation”
Laura Gardiner, Director, Living Wage Foundation said: “We’re delighted that PROACT Medical Ltd has joined the movement of over 7,000 responsible employers across the UK who voluntarily commit to go further than the government minimum to make sure all their staff earn enough to live on."
“They join thousands of small businesses, as well as household names such as Burberry, Barclays, Everton Football Club and many more. These businesses recognise that paying the real Living Wage is the mark of a responsible employer and they, like PROACT Medical Ltd, believe that a hard day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay."