MTMS Signs up to the Real Living Wage Pledge

UK rail maintenance company MTMS has underlined its commitment to helping its staff through the current cost-of-living crisis by becoming an accredited real living wage employer.

The company, based in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, has been recognised by the Living Wage Foundation after pledging to pay its 31 staff more than the Government national living wage and enough for them to meet their everyday needs.

It has joined more than 12,000 other UK employers to have voluntarily agreed to make a difference to staff by agreeing to pay the Foundation’s recommended hourly rate, which is independently calculated and was set at £10.90 an hour last September.

This is more than £1 an hour higher than the Government’s required national living wage of £9.50 an hour for people aged 23 and above and living outside London, which is due to rise to £10.42 in April.

MTMS has joined a wide of major employers to have agreed to pay the higher rate, including Ikea, BrewDog, Aviva and the Nationwide Building society, as well as leading names in the rail industry such as East Midlands Trains, MTR Elizabeth Line and Scotrail.