The living wage is set on what it costs 'to get by' as calculated by the Resolution Foundation.
Northern Ireland is lagging behind other parts of the UK when it comes to employers who pay the Real Living Wage, despite having one of the highest proportions of low paid workers in the UK.is set on what it costs "to get by" as calculated by the Resolution Foundation - it is currently set at £12 an hour outside LondonMore than 15,000 businesses across the UK have signed up - fewer than 100 of those are based in Northern Ireland.
She said Northern Ireland was lagging behind, because while the population of Scotland was three times higher than Northern Ireland it had 40 times the amount of real living wage employers. Project manager Anne Marie Gallagher is working to change that from September for their eight workers."Charities and some small businesses can find that difficult to try to achieve," Ms Gallagher said.
"It has definitely involved us cutting our cloth to what is the most profitable way for us to operate St Columb's Hall but also taking into account the needs of the community too.
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