As a care worker in Salford , Yemi Opere often finds himself working overtime just to make ends meet. The 36-year-old can spend days apart from his young children so he can earn enough to support them.
His long hours and low pay has forced him to rely much of his spending on credit cards. But, along with thousands of others in the industry, his struggles are finally set to ease with the Real Living Wage.
Salford City Council has announced it will commit to paying all social care workers in the city the increased wage from April 1.
The pay increase will benefit over 4,000 care workers in Salford and will increase salaries to £9.90 per hour. Yemi believes the announcement is finally a step in the right direction. READ MORE: ASDA flooded with praise for using mum-of-two with stretchmarks to model its lingerie “I have two children and a partner and they know what it’s like for me not to be at home,” he said. “We work all those hours and it’s not been reflected in our pay.
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