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<p>The House currently employs approximately 34 agency staff in each sitting week.
The majority of these staff are deployed in Catering and Retail Services.</p><p>The
House of Lords is accredited by Citizens UK (CUK) as a London Living Wage Employer.
The terms of its accreditation licence require that contractors and sub-contractors
with dedicated staff who are based on parliamentary premises are paying those staff
at least the London Living Wage.</p><p>In accordance with the terms of the accreditation
licence, all agency staff are paid at least the London Living Wage rate from day 1
of week 9 if they are working on parliamentary premises and employed for at least
two hours of work in a week, for 8 consecutive weeks in a year.</p>
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