Living Wage

As an amendment to motion S4M-09740 in the name of James Kelly (Living Wage), leave out from “the support” to end and insert "that the Scottish Government is the first to adopt the Scottish living wage for all staff covered by its pay policy and for all staff in the NHS; notes that it is also working to encourage all other employers to pay the living wage; notes that it has introduced the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Bill, which includes provision for statutory guidance to ensure that, whenever relevant, workforce matters, including pay and benefits, are fully evaluated as part of public procurement processes; further notes that it has funded a pilot for the Poverty Alliance to promote living wage accreditation and increase the number of employers paying the living wage in Scotland, and further acknowledges that the Scottish Government has given a commitment that, in an independent Scotland, it would establish a fair work commission to tackle pay inequality and that it has also given a guarantee that, after a Yes vote in the referendum, the Scottish national minimum wage would rise every year at least in line with inflation."