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Does the public or private sector have more employees earning less than the Living Wage?
Private sector employees are far more likely to earn less than the living wageFigure 12: Proportion of employees earning less than the Living Wage by sector in Scotland - 2012 to 2019Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings - Scotland -2019 At April 2019, 24.8% of people working in the private sector in Scotland were earning less than the living wage.
Our time for reflection leaders today are Mia Fallon and Nathaniel Sweeney, who are the living on £2 campaign project representatives from St Aidan’s high school in Wishaw.
The outcome that we are looking for is that that individual is supported to live the life that they want to live, free of addiction and not at risk of drug death or suicide.
We are all on a journey together to make everybody’s lives the best that they can be, through helping people into work, helping with job progression, providing better education and improving people’s lives.