No Silver Bullet Answer to Combat Low Pay
This afternoon, 16/6/15, Cabinet will be asked to endorse the West Yorkshire Combined Authority Low Pay Charter.
Obviously this is a strategy to combat Low Pay where ever possible but also to alleviate it where not.
The Charter has been drawn up by the Lower Paid Workers Group established last year. The Silver Bullet reference refers to the fact that, whilst it is an admirable aim and something we were proud to achieve in Kirklees, the Living Wage is not a Silver Bullet, it does not eliminate low pay or the problems faced by low pay.
The paper makes 10 recommendations as to the next steps and I am sure the Cabinet will agree to task our officers to investigate all these recommendations with an aim towards implementation.
