Grant welcomes NHS Highland's "living wage"
Highland MSP and Shadow Minister for Wellbeing Rhoda Grant has welcomed news from NHS Highland that the Health Board is to require all contractors it commissions to pay their staff at minimum the “Living Wage,” currently £7.65 /hour.
Ms Grant commented: “It is important that major employers and commissioners of public services take a lead in ensuring that workers are offered at least a Living Wage.
“Times are difficult enough for working people to make ends meet, and this Living Wage guarantee can only help staff striving to look after themselves and their families on low wages.
“This move brings NHS Highland in line with the policy of NHS Scotland.
“Well done NHS Highland - and congratulations also to Unison whose campaigning has no doubt helped this along.
“In the coming years I look forward to the National Minimum Wage being brought up to and beyond the current Living Wage, as per the Labour Party’s manifesto. This is one of the hallmarks of a decent 21 Century society, where we value the hard work of everyone who makes a contribution to that society.”
