If Not, What Would You Do Differently to Achieve These Benefits?

1. Birmingham City Council believes the Birmingham Business Charter for Social Responsibility will help deliver its key policy of tackling inequality and promoting social cohesion, including through boosting the Birmingham economy and creating much needed jobs and apprenticeships.

1. Do you agree? Yes No

1. If not, what would you do differently to achieve these benefits?

please specify

1. Are there any additional benefits you think will or could be delivered Yes No

by the Charter?

please specify

1. To what extent does your organisation already deliver against the proposed six principles and their policies:

Please specify

1. Are the six principles within the Charter appropriate? Yes No

1. Are there any principles that should be omitted? Yes No

If‘yes’ - please specify

1. Are there any additional principles that should be included? Yes No

If ‘yes’ - please specify

1. Are the detailed policies (i.e.bullet points) within each of the six principles appropriate?

Yes No

1. Are there any policies that should be omitted? Yes No

If ‘yes’ - please specify

1. Are there any additional policies that should be included? Yes No

If ‘yes’ - please specify

1. The principles and policies of the Charter will be mandatory for contracts and grants over theFinancial Threshold. What should this Financial Threshold be?

1. Annual Value more than £10,000

1. Annual Value more than £50,000

1. Annual Value more than £100,000

1. Annual Value more than £200,000

1. Annual Value more than £500,000

1. Annual Value more than £1,000,000

1. Other

If other please specify

1. Are the Polices identified to be mandatory and voluntary below the financial threshold (to be set following consultation) appropriate:

Yes No

If no please specify

1. Do you use

1. to advertise supply opportunities? Yes No

1. to find suppliers?Yes No

1. to find other business opportunities? Yes No

1. BCC is consulting on the requirement to pay the Birmingham Living Wage as part of the terms of contracts and grants awarded by BCC. Should this be applied to:

1. all employees of those organisations contracted with Birmingham City Council?

1. justthose employees working on behalf of Birmingham City Council?

1. other?

If other please specify

1. The National Minimum Wage is set at different levels for employees under 21. Should the Birmingham Living Wage:

1. have a similar gradation?(an example of such a gradation is shown below)

1. be paid at the same rate for all employees?

Age / National Min Wage / Birmingham Living Wage / Difference
21 & over / £6.08 / £7.20 / £1.12
18-20 / £4.98 / £6.10 / £1.12
16-17 (for workers above school
leaving age but under 18) / £3.68 / £4.80 / £1.12
Apprentices under 19 or 19 or over & in the first year of their apprenticeship / £2.60 / £3.72 / £1.12

1. It is not intended that the BirminghamLiving Wage will affect the wage of anyone currently paid more than it. What impact would adopting the Birmingham Living Wage have on your internal pay policies and structure, including pay equality and differentials?

Please specify

1. How should BirminghamCity Council monitor the application of the Charter, including within their own supply chain?

Please specify

1. How will your organisation monitor your application of the Charter including within your supply chain?

Please specify

1. What support would assist your organisation to adopt, implement and adhere to the principles of the Charter? (e.g. the provision of template policies by the Council)

Please specify

1. Any other Comments?

Please specify

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