Becoming a London Living Wage Employer
The real Living Wage remains the only UK Wage rate calculated on the real cost of living. It is voluntarily paid by over 16,000 UK businesses who have chosen to transform millions of people’s lives and raise the bar for what decent work looks like in the UK.
Nearly half a million employees have received a pay rise as a result of the Living Wage campaign, and we enjoy cross-party support. We have a broad range of employers accredited with the Foundation including half of the FTSE 100 and big household names including Nationwide, Ikea, Everton FC and Aviva, as well as thousands of SMEs.
The Living Wage rates for 2025-26 were announced on the 22nd October. Employers now have 6 months to implement them by May 1st 2026.
Benefits of paying the Living Wage
Paying a real Living Wage has many benefits to employers including:
- improving the employer brand
- boosting staff productivity
- motivation at work
- helps employers to remain competitive
- retain existing staff and attract new staff.
- Employers receive improved quality of applications for jobs
- It also helps organisations to secure contracts and funding
How to get accredited as Living Wage Employer?
Becoming a Living Wage Employer requires a Licence Agreement to be signed between the employer and the Living Wage Foundation. Click here to read more about the accreditation process.
Case Study: Enabled Living - First H&S Care organisation to be accredited in London (PDF)
How do I sign-up?
If you would like to find out more about becoming accredited or would like to sign-up, email us.
