if you work in london are you entitled to extra money on top of your salary due to high liviing cost??

Answer 1

Entitled to, yes, it's called London Weighting and is something you should already be getting if you work in London. However, some employers don't do it but merely make the salary reflect that fact. Either way, your employer is obligated to make the necessary adjustments.

Answer 2

Some people get London Waiting, but for the majority of us, no we just get a decent salary, yes we get a higher salary than anywhere else in the county, but look what we have got to put up with, polution, tourists, Tony Blair and Ken Livingstone. We have wonderful fruit and veg markets where we can buy cheaper produce, and a tin of beans and a loaf of bread from sainsbury's here is the same price as anywhere else in the country.

Answer 3

Your salary may include a London weighting, which takes into account the higher cost of living. You'd have to check your T & C's.

Answer 4

Nah, 'fraid not mate.Some companies do as a matter of course but they're under no obligation, a lot of people end up having to take on a second job to make ends meet unfortunately. In fact, for some sectors you get paid more outside of London, warehousing for instance and I've found some professional vacancies are even on a par, programmers seem to get a little more with some of the bigger corporations but not really that much to justify commuting I'd say.

Answer 5

The salaries in London reflect the 'higher living costs' already. If you looked at what companies in other cities/towns in England pay, London saleries are almost twice (or higher) the rate.

Answer 6

It is automatic in most jobs - it's called 'London weighting' which means that salaries are typically around £2000 higher than in the rest of the country.

Answer 7

You are not entitled to it. Your employer may offer it to you in order to attract employees, but there is no statute that says you have to be paid more.

The only law regarding levels of pay is minimum wage.

Anyway, I used to get £2200 a year, called London Weighting. It wasn't much help though, as the cost of living is so high.

Answer 8

yes absolutely. it's called london weighting on a salary. but if the company move you they can remove the extra money from your salary

Answer 9

Yep its called london waiting and it works out about two grand a year estimated. Thats what I used to get when I lived in London anyway.

Answer 10

Yes, London Weighting ,but most firms pay more than the rest of the country, to offset the high cost of living. ie accomodation