Oxford Living Wage
Dear Oxford City Council,
Please can you confirm how many employers in Oxford pay the Oxford Living Wage?
Please can you also provide figures for the above for each year since the Oxford Living Wage was introduced?
Yours faithfully,
[Name Removed]
Dear [Name Removed]
Oxford City Council – Reference: 10188
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Kathryn Winfield | Information Governance Requests Officer | Oxford City Council | Law and Governance | St. Aldate's Chambers | Oxford | OX1 1DS | Email: [email address] | T: 01865 252007
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Dear [Name Removed]
Oxford City Council – Reference: 10188
Further to the acknowledgement below, I can respond to your Freedom of
Information Act 2000 request received on 9th June 2021 as follows:
Please can you confirm how many employers in Oxford pay the Oxford Living
Wage?
We have provided the official figures below, for those business who have
self-certified, as Oxford Living Wage (OLW)employers. However, this does
not necessarily mean that other businesses, do not pay the same rate, or
above, of the OLW.
Please can you also provide figures for the above for each year since the
Oxford Living Wage was introduced?
Since Oxford City Council have introduced the Oxford Living Wage
Self-Accreditation process in 2019, the figures are as follows:
2019: 22
2020: 37
2021 (since April – so far..): 25
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Yours sincerely
Kathryn Winfield
Information Governance Requests Officer
Kathryn Winfield | Information Governance Requests Officer | Oxford City
Council | Law and Governance | St. Aldate's Chambers | Oxford | OX1 1DS |
Email: [email address] | T: 01865 252007
My working days are Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
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