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Cleanology joins Living Wage leadership group

Open-access content Wednesday 27th April 2022
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Cleanology joins Living Wage leadership group (CEO Dominic Ponniah) – Image from Cleanology

Cleanology CEO Dominic Ponniah has joined the Living Wage Foundation’s Recognised Service Provider (RSP) Leadership Group. 

The commercial and office cleaning provider, based in Clapham, south-west London, publishes a monthly report on the number of new clients signing up for the Living Wage. In January, this figure was 100%. The firm is encouraging wider take-up of fair pay, and to make the accreditation scheme more effective.

It claims that at least 70% of its employees currently receive the Real Living Wage rate or above. Cleanology states that its target is to extend this to 100% of the workforce within two years.

Ponniah, who sits on the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the cleaning and hygiene sector, said: “I feel incredibly privileged to play a role in shaping the group and pioneering fair pay. In our industry, with many staff classed as low-skilled, decent pay is an issue for many. As a member of the leadership group, I hope to act as a bridge between the Living Wage Foundation and the cleaning industry, to increase our own client uptake of support for the Real Living Wage, and to promote transparency among businesses that display fair pay credentials.”

“As a company, we have advocated for the Real Living Wage for over 10 years and used media platforms to highlight the need for industry support, as well as commissioning independent research into attitudes towards fair pay among facilities management and wider business. Winning a Living Wage Champion award in 2021 was a career highlight, and one that I am keen to build on.”

He added: “It’s really important to remember the impact that fairer pay can have on individuals. One of our long-term cleaning operatives has described the difference as life changing.  Groups such as the APPG can help to raise these issues, as well as exploring areas such as arrangements for low-skilled workers to enter the country, cleanliness accreditations and application of the apprenticeship levy to enable lower-skilled workers to progress.”

Sebastian Bachelier, programme manager at the Living Wage Foundation, added: “Dominic… will make a brilliant addition to this group, bringing enthusiasm, specialist sector knowledge and a strong commitment to the Real Living Wage as well as a commitment to social causes more broadly, such as the Hygiene Bank and green business practices.”

RSP are firms that employ outsourced staff. Of the 10,000 businesses signed up to Living Wage Foundation accreditation, 177 are in this category.

Bachelor explained: “For many service providers within the cleaning and FM industries, pay rates are largely dictated by client-side procurement needs. This limits the extent to which service providers are able to allocate higher rates of pay, such as the Real Living Wage, to frontline staff, while making it virtually impossible for many service providers to accredit as Living Wage Employers.

“For this reason, the RSP accreditation was created, giving the client the opportunity to guarantee a Real Living Wage to their third-party contracted staff, while being able to consider the benefits for their business. These benefits can include improved rates of retention, higher levels of productivity and more motivated and engaged members of staff.”

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