Council Leaders have welcomed news of the immediate wage increase and sick pay provision agreed by Scottish Government and COSLA.
The measurements will see adult social care staff receive an immediate 3.3% pay increase backdated from 1 April.
Commenting on the announcement, Council Leader, Adam McVey, said:
I’m grateful to the Scottish Government and COSLA for standing with our care workers. We are indebted to our frontline carers, they are all doing vital work to help the city’s most vulnerable in this time of national crisis and in return we must do all we can to support them. The new measurements announced mean that everyone working in adult social care in the capital will receive at least the Real Living Wage for every hour worked with immediate effect, rather than having to wait until later in the year. It also gives reassurance that financial support is available if they are unwell or self-isolating.
Depute Leader, Cammy Day, added:
Now more than ever we need to look after the most vulnerable members of our communities and our social care teams and providers are heroes, working tirelessly to make sure that people receive the best possible care in these difficult times. We value them for the necessary and complex work they do. The immediacy of the pay increase is great news and goes some way to recognising the role they are playing in this crisis.