{"id":620034,"date":"2025-12-08T12:32:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T12:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/620034\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T12:32:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T12:32:16","slug":"our-boss-is-giving-us-pay-rise-ahead-of-may-change-itll-help-us-through-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/620034\/","title":{"rendered":"Our boss is giving us pay rise ahead of May change – it’ll help us through Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Employers have a deadline of May 2026 to implement the Real Living Wage higher rates\"OurOur boss is giving us pay rise ahead of May change – it’ll help us through Christmas<\/p>\n

A boss is handing staff a pay boost months early – with workers saying the extra cash will help in the run-up to Christmas<\/a>. Employers have a deadline of May 2026 to implement the Real Living Wage higher rates -under Labour Party<\/a> government legislation.<\/p>\n

But Eland Cables, a company supplying electrical cables to major infrastructure projects, has introduced the uplift immediately, months ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n

Ben, 34, a father-of-two from Doncaster, is among the staff. He said: \u201cI think it\u2019s brilliant. Everyone deserves fair pay, so I really welcome the move to reward us much earlier than next year\u2019s deadline. I know the people I work with will feel the difference.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe extra cash will help with general living expenses, and personally, with two young kids as we approach Christmas, it\u2019s all welcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything I do is for my kids\u2019 future, but I\u2019ve also been fundraising for a local hospice in Rotherham, you\u2019ve got to remember there\u2019s always someone worse off than you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eland Cables\u2019 executive director, JS Pelland, says the decision to implement the new Real Living Wage early is about fairness, loyalty, and long-term success.<\/p>\n

He told the Mirror: <\/a>\u201cWe\u2019ve always believed in a fair day\u2019s pay for a fair day\u2019s work. Our people drive quality and compliance. They\u2019re fundamental to the promises we make to customers.<\/p>\n

\u201cPaying the Real Living Wage is central to our ESG and wellbeing strategy. Doing it early is simply the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

He adds: \u201cWhen you treat people well, they stay. They\u2019re more engaged, they take pride in what they do, and that means better results for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Pelland said: \u201cWhen we became a Living Wage signatory in 2021, we made a management decision to bring all roles in-house.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is on the same package of benefits, everyone is paid the Living Wage Plus. We don\u2019t have contractors anymore, they\u2019re all part of the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Pelland added: \u201cPeople are more committed. They see the bigger picture and feel part of something. That builds consistency, quality, and trust, all essential in our line of work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Employers have a deadline of May 2026 to implement the Real Living Wage higher ratesOur boss is giving…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5311],"tags":[3374,49,978,659],"class_list":{"0":"post-620034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-employment","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-us","11":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115683967315587817","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}