Tesco will raise the salary of its store staff by 5.2%, but will scratch the additional salary to work on Sunday.
The largest supermarket chain in the United Kingdom said that the hourly rate will increase from £ 12.45 from March 30 after entering the unions.
It will again increase the salary to £ 12.64 from the end of August – a little above the British national minimum wage which should reach £ 12.21p per hour from April.
However, Tesco will also abandon the current 10% remuneration bonus for Sunday quarters for all the staff, whom he had already ceased to support new beginners.
The Director General of Tesco in the United Kingdom said that the 180 million sterling pounds spent to finance salary increases are a “significant investment”.
The USDAW Union said that London workers will see their remuneration rate increase to 13.66 pp per hour, then £ 13.85.
The changes come after discussions with the union, and Tesco said that the two-phase increase would result in a 5.2% remuneration above inflation.
Daniel Adams of the USDAW said that the increase greater than inflation “ensures a significant difference between the Tesco remuneration rates and the national life salary in April”.
Tesco added that the persons made by the abolition of the Sunday remuneration bonus will receive a single payment, although this is not specified to what extent the payment would be or how it would be calculated.
This decision comes, because many large supermarkets increase wages to attract more staff to a tight labor market.
In January, Sainsbury’s said that it would increase the time remuneration by 5%, also in two phases, but said that it was prudent to recruit new employees in 2025 due to the rise in costs “to help manage a particularly difficult cost inflation environment”.
The reduction chain belonging to Germans Lidl will also increase remuneration, she announced in February, from £ 12.40p per hour to £ 12.75.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in the October budget in April, as well as the national minimum wage, national employer insurance contributions will also increase.
Companies have said that the additional costs of these changes will mean higher prices, job cuts and store closings, although the unions have criticized companies for saying this.
