[Football] Football clubs and the real living wage

Pretty sure we had a thread on this recently but there's been a new piece about it released:

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/...wages-manchester-united-cleaners-living-wage/

It's pretty bad but, as I understand it, isn't the issue that clubs do / can / should pay the living wage but are under no obligation to ensure third-party workers are? Is that an over-simplified view of it?

BBassic said:

Pretty sure we had a thread on this recently but there's been a new piece about it released:

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/...wages-manchester-united-cleaners-living-wage/

It's pretty bad but, as I understand it, isn't the issue that clubs do / can / should pay the living wage but are under no obligation to ensure third-party workers are? Is that an over-simplified view of it?

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I am not sure how that could be implemented if as they are not their staff and its up to that company how much they pay their workers. How far do you take it? Would you say any company the club pays for services also must have a living wage? It wouldnt be a bad thing I am just struggling to see how a football club could force other companies to do this. Surely that would be something the council/mayor (looks at Khan) government should enforce all companies to do.

This Living Wage Foundation charges for accreditation and doesnt publish what that charge is. They also seem to be banging on every jounalists door recently to force all the other clubs to pay for accreditation through shaming (so far only 4 clubs have). What they dont tell you in any of these articles is that all Premier League clubs have agreed to pay a living wage to their employees.

BBassic said:

Pretty sure we had a thread on this recently but there's been a new piece about it released:

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/...wages-manchester-united-cleaners-living-wage/

It's pretty bad but, as I understand it, isn't the issue that clubs do / can / should pay the living wage but are under no obligation to ensure third-party workers are? Is that an over-simplified view of it?

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I don't think so....surely if they are a third party worker then they are not paid by the club at all?

Where I guess it could get messy is if say the club employ Dave's security to do the stewarding and Dave's security aren't paying the living wage. If the club insist Dave pays his staff the living wage and Dave says ok well I'm going to stick £20k on your bill and the club say well hang on maybe its not a requirement after all.

Only ten football clubs. https://www.livingwage.org.uk/accredited-living-wage-employers (click on Industry, football).

If non league Dulwich Hamlet and FC United can pay the living wage, why can't all Premier League clubs?