Britain’s supermarkets are embroiled in a pay war as they fight to retain workers and fill vacancies.
Britain’s supermarkets are embroiled in a pay war as they fight to retain workers and fill vacancies.
As workers face higher bills for food and energy, grocers are raising wages and releasing increased workers to reduce stress.
Tesco will pay workers at the country’s largest supermarket, store and distribution center, with 476,000 employees, a minimum wage of 10. 10.10 per hour, up from £ 9.55 per hour.
Struggle: As workers face higher bills for food and energy, grocers are raising wages and releasing extended workers to reduce stress.
Delivery drivers will be paid a minimum of £ 11 per hour, a 90p jump, effective in the coming months with a pay rise. Tesco UK and Ireland boss Jason Terry says the rise is ‘well deserved’.
The business has also increased the number of employees who can benefit from ব 1,000 to £ 1,500 with their clubcard discounts.
Sainsbury’s, meanwhile, will hit back this morning, telling outside London workers they will be paid a London living wage of £ 11.05 per hour. It is the first of the four largest supermarkets in the UK to offer Real Living Wages and London Living Wages.
Sainsbury’s offers real living wages of £ 10 per hour and London living wages of £ 11.05 per hour across the country – but only in the central part, instead of outside London.
The change follows pressure from a group of shareholders who have called for the supermarket to be recognized by the Living Wages Foundation.
Employees outside London will benefit from a 55p hourly pay increase from next month. Chief executive Simon Roberts said: “We know time is hard for everyone.”
Liddell, which has 26,000 employees in the UK, said in November that it was raising its starting salary from £ 9.50 to 10 10.10 in March.
And the John Lewis Partnership, which owns Wetrose, has announced a 2 percent pay rise for employees that will hit their minimum hourly wage of £ 9.90 this year.
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