According to the research, published by KPMG, the equivalent of 40 per cent of the childcare and related personal services workforce, for which there are 699,000 jobs, earn below the living wage.
The findings, which are based upon data from the Office for National Statistics Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings and Markit’s UK Household Finance Index survey, have been published to coincide with Living Wage Week (1-7 November 2015) an annual event during which new UK and London Living Wage rates are announced.
The living wage is a voluntary rate that is considered necessary to maintain a ‘normal standard of living’, which employers commit to paying.
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