Council chief executive Ian Davidson
TENDRING Council is set to introduce the living wage for its lowest-paid staff.
Councillors agreed on the move at a meeting last Tuesday.
It means more than 40 of the council’s lowest-paid workers, such as cleaners, theatre staff and leisure attendants, will get a pay rise.
The cost of introducing the scheme is just under £26,000.
The living wage is currently set at £7.85 an hour, compared with the Government-set national minimum wage of £6.50.
The figure is based on the amount a person needs to earn to cover the actual cost of living, including rent, council tax, childcare and transport.
Council chief executive Ian Davidson offered to give up his annual pay award this year to help fund the introduction of the scheme.
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