Norwich City pay living wage...

[Canaryboy]

Just when I was beginning to wonder whether our club was fast becoming a soulless corporate entity following the Malcolm Glazier model they pull out this, and I'm so proud of our club for doing this. 

We are one of the first clubs to announce that all permanent employees will be paid the living wage. Chelsea and Hearts are the only others I can find with such a policy. 

This means that the people in the club shops and offices, groundsmen etc, will all be paid at least £7.85 per hour. I now forgive David McNally or whichever one of the top brass had the ridiculous Wembley Wall idea for a quick buck! 

 

[Personal Trainer]

This is an excellent piece of news from the Club but it would be nice to think that it could be applied to all those essential part-time catering, stewarding, security staff etc without whom the match and it's accompaniments would not take place.

 

[Scott]

Always nice for a business to look after their employee's - no matter how ruthless McBastard is!

 

[Fenway Frank]

Were many of them earning less than that anyway ?

 

[Canaryboy]

Were many of them earning less than that anyway ?

Good point, £7.85 per hour for a 37.5 hour week is £15308 per year. 

But it doesn't say that under 21's are exempt, so I guess there will at least be some youngsters getting a pay rise. Ed Miliband called on football clubs to pay the living wage though, and Celtic refused to pay it, so it is certainly a problem in football and even if this doesn't affect many employees it is still good to know that we are not or won't be one of the offending clubs. 

It isn't inconceivable that people in the shops, ticket office etc aren't on £15k a year. Presumably there are people whose full time job is to just cut the grass at Colney.  

I think it was Man City who were offering unpaid internships, I despise those as they discriminate against those who can't afford to cover their own living costs whilst working for free (in other words, if your mummy and daddy can pay your rent for a year you can get a head start in your career). Its one way they keep normal folk out of journalism/banking/trading/politics. 

I visited the Living Wage Foundation website and saw that Aviva had their logo on the front page, so I wonder whether we've been asked by them to commit? 

 

[Scott]

Were many of them earning less than that anyway ?

If they have come out and said this, I would've assumed a lot would be on minimum wage, or just above minimum wage

 

[Canaryboy]

This is an excellent piece of news from the Club but it would be nice to think that it could be applied to all those essential part-time catering, stewarding, security staff etc without whom the match and it's accompaniments would not take place.

It looks like the club have yet to brief their HR department (or webmaster).....

 

[Canaryboy]

If they have come out and said this, I would've assumed a lot would be on minimum wage, or just above minimum wage

Somebody on facebook has said this:

"Got offered a job at one of the retail stores as a supervisor and got offered 20p more than minimum wage and on a 20 hour contract. Which I couldn't afford to take and was told it was due to relegation. So good to see it'll change going forward"

 

[Fenway Frank]

Will McNally give me discount off my season ticket as I earn less than the living wage ?

 

[Scott]

Somebody on facebook has said this:

"Got offered a job at one of the retail stores as a supervisor and got offered 20p more than minimum wage and on a 20 hour contract. Which I couldn't afford to take and was told it was due to relegation. So good to see it'll change going forward"

How ridiculous haha! 

 

[Moosheep]

A great move by the club. It shows that they take their corporate responsibility seriously. So lets try and work out how much this is going to cost the club....

A single employee working 35 hours on minimum wage will get an extra £47.25 a week, or £2457 a year. The club employed 154 non-football staff last year. If we assume that 1/3rd of these were on minimum wage, the implementation of this policy would cost around the £125,000 mark, excluding the increase in employees National insurance contributions that would also be required. 2/3rds would be £250,000 pa. Not an insignificant investment in its lower paid staff, although in relation to the total wage bill for last year (£47.6m inc football staff) even the higher figure represents an increase less than 0.5%.

This excludes staff on the Football side of the business (117). But I am guessing that very few of these would be on minimum wage?

Moo 

 

[Canaryboy]

I don't think this has to be about how much it will actually cost the club, its more about setting an example to local businesses and other football clubs. Hopefully "little ole Norwich" paying the living wage will show up other bigger clubs who do not.

Just seen that Man Utd will also be introducing the living wage. But some clubs including Arsenal, Man City and Celtic have ignored protests from their own fans to do so. 

 

[The Great Mass Debater]

Celtic refused to pay it.

I think it was Man City who were offering unpaid internships

Disgraceful when they spend such obscene amounts of money on player wages and bonuses and agents fees that they wont pay the peanuts it would be to do this. Disgusting

 

[Canaryboy]

Celtic were my second team growing up but their refusal to buckle to pressure from fans (their own fans) on this issue has made me a lot less fond of that club. Its not like they even have Rangers to compete with financially at the moment.

 

[Moosheep]

I don't think this has to be about how much it will actually cost the club, its more about setting an example to local businesses and other football clubs.

I think the point is that as this is such a small percentage of a club's overall wage bill there really is no excuse.

 

[The Great Mass Debater]

A great move by the club. It shows that they take their corporate responsibility seriously. So lets try and work out how much this is going to cost the club....

A single employee working 35 hours on minimum wage will get an extra £47.25 a week, or £2457 a year. The club employed 154 non-football staff last year. If we assume that 1/3rd of these were on minimum wage, the implementation of this policy would cost around the £125,000 mark, excluding the increase in employees National insurance contributions that would also be required. 2/3rds would be £250,000 pa. Not an insignificant investment in its lower paid staff, although in relation to the total wage bill for last year (£47.6m inc football staff) even the higher figure represents an increase less than 0.5%.

This excludes staff on the Football side of the business (117). But I am guessing that very few of these would be on minimum wage?

Moo 

Man Utd paid Falcao more than this in just one week. And to cap it all he was sh*t