Hay Communications Cooperative are celebrating a wonderful local achievement. They are Zurich’s first business to certify as a Living Wage Employer in the champion category.
“When we say we will strive to be socially responsible, we mean it. Hay is a Cooperative. Our structure and working business goals uphold those values,” says Angela Lawrence, General Manager of Hay Communications Cooperative. “We consider this a direct investment in the health of our employees, and in the communities where we operate. It’s a win-win for the community. Not only does paying a living wage fit into our cooperative way of thinking, it completes a positive circle of LOCAL spending. This is good for locals and businesses. It’s a very good trend”
Now calculated annually by the United Way Perth-Huron’s Social Research and Planning Council, the Living Wage is a calculation based on the living expenses of a family of four with both adults working full-time for 35 hours a week, once government transfers and deductions are taken into account. Everyday expenses included in the calculation are food, housing, utilities, childcare and transportation. Perth-Huron Counties’ Living Wage is $17.55 per hour. More information about Perth-Huron’s Living Wage can be found HERE.
“Hay Communications Cooperative is taking a wonderful step forward in improving the overall quality of life in our communities,” says United Way Perth-Huron Executive Director Ryan Erb. “The Living Wage helps us understand how hard it is for regular, everyday working people to make ends meet. The conversation around it helps to engage employers with the challenge their workers face, while recognizing the challenge that employers have to be profitable.”
About Hay Communications Cooperative
Hay Communications is an independent telecommunications co-operative. Since 1911, Hay has been providing world-class services in southwest Ontario, Southern Huron County and Northern Middlesex and Lambton Counties. Today, Hay is a full service provider offering broadband, television, telephone, cellular and home automation services to over 8,000 customers, employing a staff of 34 local people. Hay is a critical asset for the region’s economic development. For over 100 years, the dedication of staff enabled the doors to remain open and the company to grow. Their continued commitment to help customers has set the standard of operating to a very high level. Hay has always been a fair employer, hiring locally, offering a flexible and fun environment to work and compensating the dedication of staff at an appropriate level. For more information on Hay Communications Cooperative, please contact Kelli Phillips, Marketing Director at
519-236-0104.