P-06-1328 Ensure that all social care workers in Wales are paid the new Real Living Wage (£10.90) immediately

This petition was submitted by Glyn Williams, having collected a total of 328 signatures.

Text of Petition:                    

The Welsh Government made a pledge to pay social care workers in Wales the REAL living wage which was £9.90. In September, the Real Living Wage set by the Real Living Wage Foundation (RLFW) increased to £10.90. Social care workers are trying to make ends meet in a cost-of-living crisis. They are seeing RLWF accredited workers getting at least £1 per hour more for far less skilled jobs. They will soon be leaving the sector!

https://gov.wales/implementing-real-living-wage-social-care-workers-wales.

Additional Information:

Funding needs to be aligned to the Real Living Wage Foundation implementation date (November each year), else social care workers will be feeling even more disgruntled when it goes up again next year. Social care workers are feeling very undervalued and let down by the Welsh Government.

Status

This petition was considered completed by the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 15/05/2023.

The Committee considered the petition. As the Government is supportive of the idea, and has invested to deliver the real living wage, the Committee decided to congratulate the petitioners and close the petition.

Full details of the consideration of this petition by the Committee and related documents can be seen on the Meetings tab above.

It was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 15/05/2023.

Senedd Constituency and Region

• Ynys Môn
• North Wales

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