This is the first step in a process towards accreditation. Throughout this process you will be engaged with an administrator, whose role is to support you to achieve Accreditation. Your application will be assessed by the Accreditation Advisory Board and a licence to use the Living Wage Trade Mark will be granted on the success of your Application.

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Living Wage rises to $23.65 an hour in September as more employers join the over 300 in the Living Wage Movement.

Workers on the Living Wage are set to gain an extra 90 cents an hour from 1 September this year when the Living Wage increases to $23.65 an hour. That will include those workers contracted on a regular and ongoing basis to, or working for, over 300 accredited employers.

Braemar Hospital in Hamilton has become the first hospital in New Zealand to become an accredited living wage employer.

Volley South has become New Zealand’s first sporting organisation to become an accredited living wage employer.

Camellia House is now an accredited living wage employer.

The Palmerston North trust provides vulnerable women and their children with temporary accommodation and support services.

Living wage accreditation is another positive difference Camellia House is making in the community, chairwoman Tania Garrett says.

Aotearoa New Zealand has joined many others in telling the story of the global living wage.

To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the UK Living Wage Foundation has completed Lessons from our Global Living Wage Network, with reports from UK, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, the US, and South Africa. You can read the full report here.

As director Graham Griffiths says in the introduction “national efforts can no longer be progressed in isolation...urgent action needs to be taken in solidarity with workers everywhere. We live in an interconnected world, and as shockwaves caused by the COVID-19 crisis continue to be felt across complex global supply chains, we know that a coordinated international response is needed.”

Griffiths says: “Multinational employers are also stepping up to meet their responsibilities as key actors for achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and this includes payment of a Living Wage across global operations.” Connections between Living Wage movements around the world are critical and we will be playing our part sharing and learning from others involved in the same struggle.

Membership is open to faith-based religious groups, secular/community groups and union groups.

We just need some details from you. If any of your details change, please let us know so that we can amend our database to ensure you are kept up-to-date. Membership runs for 12 months from your joining month and is billed annually in September. 

Fees work on a sliding scale. See the fees guide below. 

Membership Fees Guide

Notes:

*Membership subscriptions are not classed as ‘donations’ and therefore are not eligible for tax rebates.

*Membership is not available to individuals or businesses. (If you are interested in becoming an Accredited Living Wage Employer please email [email protected]) 

2021 has officially kicked back into gear, and the Living Wage Movement is getting back to work! Last week we were in the office in Auckland, planning out how the year was going to look. Even though last year was tough, as a movement we were still able to make some real serious change, so with a clean slate this year the sky is the limit!

Christchurch Living Wage Network

Living Wage Movement Aotearoa New Zealand is thrilled to be hosting Don McGlashan on the Living Wage Stage at Newtown Festival this weekend.

Don’s performance on the Living Wage Stage will begin at 2:55pm, Sunday 8 March.

Don will be supporting the Living Wage kaupapa because he knows that people in this country both need and deserve higher wages.

“In a country as small and well-off as Aotearoa New Zealand, we shouldn’t see the inequality that we see every day – families sleeping in cars, food banks and soup kitchens stretched beyond capacity,” Don says.

“A Living Wage is a start, to enable more of us to live in dignity, and contribute to our community as citizens. I'm very glad to be able to come and add my voice in support of the cause on March 8th.”

The Living Wage stall near the stage will also be collecting signatures for a submission to the Wellington City Council Annual Plan 2020/21, asking them to support Wellington becoming a Living Wage City.

Living Wage Movement Community Organiser, Lyndy McIntyre, says that while Wellington City Council is the first Living Wage Council, they can step up to do more.

“We’re calling on the Mayor and Councillors to keep to their pre-election promises to promote the Living Wage in Wellington,” Lyndy says.

“Our submitters will be telling the Council to ensure people who work at council events are paid at least the Living Wage, ensure people on council projects are paid at least the Living Wage, and champion the Living Wage and support other Wellington employers to get on board.”