We are pleased to announce our commitment to the Real Living Wage.
We have underlined our commitment to helping our staff through the current cost-of-living crisis by becoming an accredited real living wage employer.
We have joined more than 12,000 other UK employers to have voluntarily agreed to make a difference to staff by agreeing to pay the Foundation’s recommended hourly rate, which is independently calculated and was set at £10.90 an hour last September.
This is more than £1 an hour higher than the Government’s required national living wage of £9.50 an hour for people aged 23 and above and living outside London, which is due to rise to £10.42 in April.
We started paying the new rate from 1st April 2022, joining a wide range of major employers to have agreed to pay the higher rate, including Ikea, BrewDog, Aviva and the Nationwide Building society, as well as leading names in the rail industry such as East Midlands Trains, mtr Elizabeth Line and Scotrail.
Rachel Forst, Payroll and HR Manager (pictured) at MTMS, said: “Our staff are the lifeblood of our company and we feel it’s our duty to ensure that they are able to afford to support themselves and their families during these difficult times, and so signing up to and honouring the Living Wage pledge was a straightforward decision.
“We have a proud track record of supporting and encouraging our staff and this latest initiative follows our silver award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which shows our support for staff who are current reservists or former members of the Armed Forces.”
