Aria Care Home is proud to announce that it has today become an accredited Real Living Wage employer.
Aria Care Home is based in Wales, a region with one of the highest proportions of non-Living Wage jobs in the country (21%), with around 241,000 jobs paying less than the real Living Wage. Despite this, we have committed to pay the real Living Wage and deliver a fair day’s pay for a hard day’s work.
The Real Living Wage is the only rate calculated according to the costs of living. It provides a voluntary benchmark for employers that wish to ensure their staff earn a wage they can live on, not just the government minimum.
Although becoming a Real Living Wage employer is a happy milestone, we nevertheless consider it just the first step in a long journey ahead to achieve the right pay for our skilled workforce.
It’s a travesty that in this day and age care is a job that still competes with those in the hospitality and retail sectors for pay. Carers are significantly qualified and skilled individuals who carry a weight of responsibility caring for the most vulnerable members of our society. Their pay should reflect that appropriately, as with all jobs, and our accreditation today is only the beginning in our fight for them.
We urge all care providers to also become accredited and send a unified message that it’s time to level up care.