Hearts to introduce living wage for all employees

***Hibernia&Alba*** · 28-10-2014 05:02 PM

All employees will be paid at least £7.65 per hour; £1.15 per hour more than the national minimum wage. They are the first Scottish football club to introduce the scheme. Full credit to them for making this progressive move, and let's hope Hibs do the same.

**SmashinGlass** · 28-10-2014 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by Hibernia&Alba

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All employees will be paid at least £7.65 per hour; £1.15 per hour more than the national minimum wage. They are the first Scottish football club to introduce the scheme. Full credit to them for making this progressive move, and let's hope Hibs do the same.

Absolutely. My one hope is that they actually follow through and pay this time.......

**Cameron1875** · 28-10-2014 05:04 PM

Hahaha you cannot make this up.

Be a cold day in hell before I give Hearts praise for anything financially.

**Mark79** · 28-10-2014 05:05 PM

No objections to folk getting paid a decent wage but hearts trying to look like the decent community club here. Big pat on the back for paying someone a quid more than min wage but robbing all the companies earlier in the year of much needed income to pay their far smaller workforces.

Joke of a club.

***Eyrie*** · 28-10-2014 05:07 PM

Might sound good, but how many Hearts employees will benefit from this? Will they insist that subcontracted staff are also given the living wage?

***Hibernia&Alba*** · 28-10-2014 05:08 PM

Absolutely correct regarding their past conduct, but this is a positive move by them. Good news for low paid staff.

***blackpoolhibs*** · 28-10-2014 05:09 PM

Hearts owner Ann Budge told the Edinburgh club's website: "We believe it is entirely in keeping with the values we hold dear as a club.

More rewriting of history there ya ugly auld trout.

***sleeping giant*** · 28-10-2014 05:09 PM

You couldn't make it up.

**DaveF** · 28-10-2014 05:10 PM

When they apologise, acknowledge and accept their previous financial collapse and begin to pay back the host of creditors they bumped then I might think about dishing out a tiny modicum of praise.

Until then, that lot can **** off.

**greenpaper55** · 28-10-2014 05:11 PM

Maybe they should start to pay back what they owe to the taxpayer, how many employees will benefit from this-knowing them it will be one.

**HIBERNIAN-0762** · 28-10-2014 05:12 PM

Any daft bat can write off 35 million quid and start again debt free, disgusting arrogance as usual from these mutants.

Hilarious stuff...

***HibbiesandtheBaddies*** · 28-10-2014 05:14 PM

From paying no wages to a trumpeting press call for paying a living wage.

Absolute shower

***Hibernia&Alba*** · 28-10-2014 05:15 PM

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When they apologise, acknowledge and accept their previous financial collapse and begin to pay back the host of creditors they bumped then I might think about dishing out a tiny modicum of praise.

Until then, that lot can **** off.

Hundred per cent agree, but none of that is the fault of the staff who will benefit from the pay rise.

**Pete** · 28-10-2014 05:16 PM

***matty_f*** · 28-10-2014 05:16 PM

Mind they said they were paying folk a lot more than that, then bumped them all on payday.

***eastterrace*** · 28-10-2014 05:27 PM

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Hearts owner Ann Budge told the Edinburgh club's website: "We believe it is entirely in keeping with the values we hold dear as a club.

More rewriting of history there ya ugly auld trout.

yes when seen what she said i had to read it twice " keeping with the values we hold dear as a club " thats the biggest load o pish ive heard in a while.

**Gus Fring** · 28-10-2014 05:27 PM

Much easier to pay this type of wage when it's being subsidised by the fans and when it was less than 6 months ago that they ditched all of their debt and sacked a big whack of their employees.

Shes been very sneaky here by challenging other clubs to do the same. She know for most it isn't going to be possible as their costs are higher and their income is lower because they run their club in an honest fashion. This means either the clubs will have to hurt themselves financially or take the hit on bad PR.

I Expect the Hearts sympathetic media to make a big deal about this over the next few days.

***Stevie Reid*** · 28-10-2014 05:29 PM

Nearly choked on my tea when I heard that fat **** Ian Murray on STV News talking (with a completely straight face) about how this is "entirely in keeping with the principles that the club and the supporters hold dearly."

This act in itself may be commendable, but they are an utterly odious institution with regards to their financial conduct in the past, and the way their shafting of creditors is continually glossed over. Their self aggrandising on this matter is disgusting.

***3pm*** · 28-10-2014 05:31 PM

Well done Hearts. That'll be ****in right!

Cheats yesterday, cheats today and cheats tomorrow.

Filth.

**rcarter1** · 28-10-2014 05:33 PM

Originally Posted by Hibernia&Alba

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All employees will be paid at least £7.65 per hour; £1.15 per hour more than the national minimum wage. They are the first Scottish football club to introduce the scheme. Full credit to them for making this progressive move, and let's hope Hibs do the same.

No offence to Hibernia&Alba, what follows is aimed purely at HMFC.

Stage 1 of, Hearts are the greatest community club ever, in fact they invented community, and are paragons of virtue, honorability, and fair play.

***Hibernia&Alba*** · 28-10-2014 05:35 PM

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Much easier to pay this type of wage when it's being subsidised by the fans and when it was less than 6 months ago that they ditched all of their debt and sacked a big whack of their employees.

Shes been very sneaky here by challenging other clubs to do the same. She know for most it isn't going to be possible as their costs are higher and their income is lower because they run their club in an honest fashion. This means either the clubs will have to hurt themselves financially or take the hit on bad PR.

I Expect the Hearts sympathetic media to make a big deal about this over the next few days.

Souvenir issue of the EEN I reckon, but, that aside, it's a good policy, and one that Hibs should be part of.

**FranckSuzy** · 28-10-2014 05:35 PM

What about the back office staff who were paid off when they went into admin.? Will they receive back pay, I wonder

**emerald green** · 28-10-2014 05:37 PM

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When they apologise, acknowledge and accept their previous financial collapse and begin to pay back the host of creditors they bumped then I might think about dishing out a tiny modicum of praise.

Until then, that lot can **** off.

Absolutely nailed it.

**Geo_1875** · 28-10-2014 05:43 PM

Hopefully the EEN headlines with the staff numbers post the "pay rise". Budge has a history of cost cutting. This "good thing" will cost her and HoMFC nothing.

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**Gus Fring** · 28-10-2014 05:51 PM

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Hopefully the EEN headlines with the staff numbers post the "pay rise". Budge has a history of cost cutting. This "good thing" will cost her and HoMFC nothing.

i wonder if the Evening News will mention that they don't pay the living wage either.

**Feed McGraw** · 28-10-2014 05:51 PM

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When they apologise, acknowledge and accept their previous financial collapse and begin to pay back the host of creditors they bumped then I might think about dishing out a tiny modicum of praise.

Until then, that lot can **** off.

They won`t do what you`ve suggested in your first paragraph so they can just **** off. In fact, even if they did, they can still **** off !!

**rcarter1** · 28-10-2014 05:52 PM

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***Spike Mandela*** · 28-10-2014 05:53 PM

How much p in the pound did they give their creditors? How long will it take the increase in salary to equal their unpaid tax? How much did they save by not paying their training centre rent for months and months blah, blah, blah etc etc . Never let these self righteous roasters forget.

Forget Hearts and their self congratulatory praise, every football club, indeed every workplace should adopt these measures.