Recognised Service Providers are changing the industry for the better. By committing to paying all directly employed members of staff the real Living Wage and champion the real Living Wage in every client bid, they are helping essential workers afford their everyday needs.
A small change in how you do business can make a huge difference. By always offering a real Living Wage bid alongside every client bid, Recognised Service Providers ensure the client always has the choice to implement the real Living Wage at the point of tender.
To assist and guide the Living Wage Foundation with policy decisions, the Recognised Service Provider Leadership Group was formed. The Leadership Group lends its expertise to the Foundation to better Champion the real Living Wage within the provider industries.
What is a Recognised Service Provider?
We are proudly working alongside nearly 200 service providers in the UK to drive up standards in the industry, enabling those who operate in the lowest paid service sectors to demonstrate leadership on paying the Living Wage.
With over 250,000 service provision workers trapped in low paid work, essential jobs in cleaning, catering and security are too often undervalued and underpaid. Many of these roles are concentrated in service provision industries, where competitive bids for client contracts means wages get cut in order to offer the lowest price.
Service providers are often trapped between winning client contracts and paying staff fairly. Many want to do the right thing, but the final decision isn't always in their power.
The movement has been successful thanks to the constructive involvement of both our Living Wage Employers from a client side and our partners in the contracted service provider industries.
The providers we work with have seen the benefits the real Living Wage can bring and aim to champion the real Living Wage in their contracts with customers.
To commend contractors who support the aims of the Living Wage Foundation we established the Recognised Service Providers accreditation.
What do I need to do?
All directly employed staff not tied to client contracts are paid the real Living Wage
Pay the real Living Wage to contracted staff not tied to client contracts
Offer a real Living Wage for every client bid that you make
Benefits
By becoming a Recognised Service Provider you:
- Join a movement of thousands of responsible businesses and hundreds of service providers who have chosen to raise the bar for what decent work looks like, changing the industry for the better.
- Be confident that you are paying a wage that meets your employees everyday needs, which may also help you stand out against competitors, and attract clients whose values align with yours.
- Are supported by the Living Wage Foundation to initiate a framework internally to promote and measure the impact of the Living Wage.
- Use the Living Wage Foundation’s Recognised Service Provider mark.
- Appear on our website so that you can demonstrate to your customers, clients, investors and peers your Living Wage commitment.
- Have the opportunity to work with us on case studies and press coverage to promote your Living Wage commitment.
- Receive an invitation to events such as Living Wage Week or our annual awards ceremony.
