Employees of Western Isles Council can all now expect to earn at least the living wage.
The authority has become an accredited employer.
The commitment comes during Challenge Poverty Week (October 7-13), which brings together local groups across the country with national organisations.
The real living wage for the UK outside London was announced in 2018, and is £9 per hour.
The Scotland-wide campaign is designed to show that poverty exists in Scotland and affects everyone, that people can work to end it, that it restricts people’s ability to take part in society, and that it can be solved by boosting incomes and reducing costs of living.
As well as paying the living wage to employees the council has also decided to pay the same rate to apprentices.
Council Leader, Councillor Roddie Mackay, said: “The council is pleased to be taking part in Challenge Poverty Week. With today’s theme being ‘Employment and in-work poverty’, it is very appropriate that the council has announced that it has gained accreditation as a Living Wage Employer.
“We are committed to our successful apprenticeship programme and I look forward to seeing the benefits which today’s announcement will bring. It is important that we do everything we can to try and reverse depopulation and make it appealing for people to work in the Western Isles.”
