The Living Wage

As an amendment to motion S4M-11398 in the name of James Kelly (The Living Wage), leave out from first "believes" to end and insert "encourages businesses and the public sector to recognise the economic and social value of paying the living wage to employees and sub-contracted staff; supports organisations that choose to pay the living wage but also acknowledges pressures to keep costs down and to remain competitive; understands that over 400,000 people in Scotland still earn less than the living wage, but commends the work of the independent Low Pay Commission and the UK Government in bringing the first real-terms increase in the national minimum wage since 2008 while overseeing historic levels of employment."