MTMS supports its staff during the cost-of-living crisis as it signs up to the real Living Wage pledge

Added by Love Business East Midlands | 27 January 2023

UK rail maintenance company MTMS has underlined its commitment to helping its staff through the current cost-of-living crisis by becoming an accredited real living wage employer.

The company, based in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, has been recognised by the Living Wage Foundation after pledging to pay its 31 staff more than the Government national living wage and enough for them to meet their everyday needs.

It has joined more than 12,000 other UK employers to have voluntarily agreed to make a difference to staff by agreeing to pay the Foundation’s recommended hourly rate, which is independently calculated and was set at £10.90 an hour last September.

This is more than £1 an hour higher than the Government’s required national living wage of £9.50 an hour for people aged 23 and above and living outside London, which is due to rise to £10.42 in April.

MTMS has joined a wide of major employers to have agreed to pay the higher rate, including Ikea, BrewDog, Aviva and the Nationwide Building society, as well as leading names in the rail industry such as East Midlands Trains, mtr Elizabeth Line and Scotrail.

Rachel Forst, payroll and HR manager at MTMS, said:

“Our staff are the lifeblood of our company and we feel it’s our duty to ensure that they are able to afford to support themselves and their families during these difficult times, and so signing up to and honouring the Living Wage pledge was a straightforward decision.

“We have a proud track record of supporting and encouraging our staff and this latest initiative follows our silver award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which shows our support for staff who are current reservists or former members of the Armed Forces.”

MTMS currently services and maintains rolling stock and rail depot specialist equipment and carries out routine infrastructure tasks at more than one third of rail depots across the UK, serving such familiar names in mainline rail as First MTR South-Western Railway, Govia ThamesLink Railway, Arriva and Siemens.

Picture: Rachel Forst, payroll and HR manager at MTMS, which has been recognised by the Living Wage Foundation after signing up to become an accredited real living wage employer.

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