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SDGs And The Living Wage

Find out how paying the Living Wage fits into the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Living Hours

Our report highlights the extent of insecure and precarious work practices which is hitting those on the lowest incomes hardest. It also lays out our latest programme.

| Living Wage Foundation

Good Jobs In Retail Toolkit

How to move to a Living Wage in retail, and maximise the benefits of paying it.

| Edmund Heery, David Nash, Deborah Hann

The Living Wage Employer Experience

In the six years following the creation of the Living Wage Foundation in 2011 over 3000 employers have gained accreditation by agreeing to pay the Living Wage to directly employed staff and to the…

| Living Wage Foundation

Life On Low Pay

This briefing sets out the findings from our polling with parents working full time but still not earning a wage they can live on. It highlights the difficult choices faced by workers earning…

| Andrea Werner & Ming Lim

Putting the Living Wage to Work: Strategies and Practices in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)

This report focuses on the Living Wage and its implementation by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK. Whilst the spotlight in recent years has largely been on large Living Wage…

Case studies

Find out more about how employers have implemented the Living Wage, Living Hours and what it's meant for their business.