Private, voluntary and independent (PVI) settings in Birmingham were told during a series of meetings held by Birmingham City Council last week that from April 2015 if they receive funding to deliver the free places, they will have to follow the Birmingham Business Charter for Social Responsibility, which stipulates that employees must be paid the Living Wage.
Early years settings that fail to pay the Living Wage, set at £7.56 per hour in Birmingham, could risk having their funding stripped away.
According to the council, from April 2015 nurseries that receive funding for two-, three- and four-year-olds will be counted as Birmingham City Council contracted suppliers and therefore required to follow the council’s charter.
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