Celebrating Living Wage Employer status

Franks Portlock has been awarded Living Wage Foundation accreditation.

This means the leading Environmental Consultancy will pay staff at least the Real Living Wage which is higher than the Government’s minimum wage.

The move aims to provide ‘fair pay’ for all the company’s employees and future recruits.

The company prides itself on the professional service it provides, while ensuring that all staff are treated with fairness and respect at work.

Founded in 2006, by Phil Franks and Stephen Portlock, Franks Portlock is a leading asbestos and water hygiene management consultancy which offers a complete range of asbestos consultancy, inspection, testing, training and management services. The company, which operates nationally, has offices in Tyne and Wear, London, Scotland, The Midlands and the North West.

Director Phil Franks says: “We are incredibly proud that we are now accredited as a Living Wage Employer.

“At the core of our company’s vision and a central commitment, we believe that all our dedicated staff should be paid a wage that meets the cost of living, enabling them to thrive and not just get by.

“This accreditation builds on our ethical employment practice by employing all of our staff on terms and conditions which are above the statutory minimums, including occupational sick pay and a decent pension.”

The real Living Wage is an hourly rate of pay set independently and updated annually (not the UK government’s National Living Wage). It is calculated according to the basic cost of living in the UK, and employers choose to pay the Living Wage on a voluntary basis. According to the Living Wage Foundation, since 2011, the campaign has impacted nearly half a million employees and delivered over £3.5 bn extra to some of the lowest paid workers in the UK.

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