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Everton Follows Chelsea's Lead, Will Become Second EPL Club To Pay Staff Living Wage

Everton "has become the second Premier League club to pledge to pay all its staff at least the independently calculated living wage," according to Sarah Butler of the London GUARDIAN. The Liverpool-based club is being accredited by the Living Wage Foundation as the body "prepares to announce this year’s minimum pay rate -- which is based on a calculation of the amount employees and their families need to live." Everton joins Chelsea, which is the "only other Premier League club to pay all its workers, including contractors and agency staff, at least the living wage." Clubs have been criticized for "paying backroom staff, particularly contractors who can make up the majority of those working on matchdays, little more than the legally required minimum." Ahead of accreditation by the LWF, Everton has handed 250 casual and matchday staff "a pay rise taking them to the living wage." Over the next three years, it has also pledged to ensure that more than 700 contractors working for the club will receive a pay rise amounting to as much as £2,000 ($2,400) a year (GUARDIAN, 10/31). In Liverpool, Gary Stewart reported Everton Deputy CEO & Dir Denise Barrett-Baxendale said, "Here at Everton we are committed to being a first choice employer and becoming Living Wage accredited is a natural step towards that." The current living wage throughout the '16 financial year is £8.25 ($10.10) per hour, against the Government minimum wage of £6.70 ($8.20) per hour, and £7.20 ($8.81) for over 25s (LIVERPOOL ECHO, 10/30).

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