Living Wage Policy (direct employees)
About the data
This metric is based on a set of indicators from the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark. Specifically, it is based on indicator D1.1.a/D2.1.a/D3.1 from the 2018 methodology.
The indicator is described as follows:
"The Company pays all its workers a living wage, which is regularly reviewed and negotiated through collective bargaining with relevant trade unions where they are operating. There are numerous definitions of living wage but the core concept is to provide a decent standard of living for a worker and his or her family based on a regular work week not including overtime hours. A living wage is sufficient to cover food, water, clothing, transport, education, health care and other essential needs for workers and their entitled official dependents and provide some discretionary income. Workers also receive equal pay for equal work."
The categories for this metric have been determined by considering CHRB's scoring criteria.
The CHRB sets the following criteria for awarding a Score of 1:
Methodology
This metric is asking whether the company has committed to paying its own workers (direct employees) a living wage.
Information about this metric could be found in a company's sustainability report or corporate social responsibility report, but it may also be found in other documents the company has published detailing its policies on payment of workers.
This metric is about collecting data on how living wage policies are described, it is therefore important to include quotations from sources that describe the company's living wage policies/practices.
Answer options should be selected as follows:
No Living Wage Policy: Where the company does not refer to a policy of paying workers a living wage or refer to this concept in a description of how pay rates are set.
Living Wage mentioned: Where the company refers to the concept of a living wage in relation to their employees
Living Wage Timeframe set: Where the company sets a target time by which all of its workers will be paid a living wage.
Living Wage Methodology described: Where the company describes how the rate of pay which constitutes a living wage is determined.
Living Wage Achieved: Where the company explains how the living wage has been determined for the regions in which it operates and states that all workers are currently receiving a living wage.
If no such policy is found, the answer is No Living Wage Policy (not Unknown).