Decision details

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note that officers would provide feedback to Scotland Excel that it would be helpful if future reports referred to either the living wage or the real living wage, rather than both being used in the same document;

(ii)       in relation to (i) above, to note that Aberdeen City Council was committed to the real living wage through the Local Outcome Improvement Plan, and that officers would provide information to Members outwith the meeting in relation to this;

(iii)      to note that officers would ask Scotland Excel if it was possible to include some form of benchmarking in future infographics (pages 30-31 of the report) to allow comparison as to how Aberdeen was performing compared to the rest of Scotland;

(iv)      to note that only 57% of suppliers based in Aberdeen who were on Scotland Excel frameworks were either Living Wage accredited, committed to gaining accreditation or paid the Real Living Wage, and that officers would ascertain whether Scotland Excel had additional detail available to explain the figure; and

(v)      to otherwise note the report.