Real Living Wage Employer

The TDSS Methodist Circuit has accredited as a Living Wage Employer. Our Living Wage commitment will see our employees receiving a minimum hourly wage of £10.90, higher than the government minimum for over 23s, which currently stands at £10.42 per hour. This Circuit is based in the South West, a region where over a tenth of all jobs (11.1%) pay less than the real Living Wage - around 258,000 jobs. Despite this, we have committed to pay the real Living Wage and deliver a fair day’s pay for a hard day’s work. The real Living Wage is the only rate calculated according to the costs of living. It provides a voluntary benchmark for employers that wish to ensure their staff earn a wage they can live on, not just the government minimum. Since it began, the Living Wage movement has delivered a pay rise to over 350,000 people and put over £2 billion extra into the pockets of low paid workers.