GRAPPENHALL and Thelwall Parish Council has decided to pay all its staff the Living Wage or more – and hopes other parish councils and other organisations in the Warrington area will follow their lead.
The move will cost the council an extra £1,799.72 a year, plus employers’ national insurance, and will involve pay rises for the two park wardens and the parish warden
Cllr Mike Biggin (pictured) proposed the increases at the monthly meeting of the council.
He said: “I don’t think it right that the council should simply pay the Minimum Wage and I am hoping that other parish councils will follow our lead, as well as other employers.
“We have introduced this even before the borough council.”
The Living Wage is currently £7.85 per hour while the Minimum Wage is £6,50.
Parish council to pay the “Living Wage”
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As a pointer, Great Sankey Parish Council is now into its second budget year as a living wage Parish Council. Penketh Parish Council also introduced this year, and the Borough Council will be doing so in the next budget (there was a commitment at Full Council to do so), so whilst I’m thrilled to see other Councils following suit, Grappenhall & Thelwall certainly havent been the lead.
That issue aside, well done to all involved and making the commitment to do the right thing. We just need to persuade more businesses to become living wage employers too.