Tesco retail staff: 3.1% rise
Key details Pay award: 3.1% basic pay increase Employees covered (nos.): retail staff (215,000) Effective date: 3 July 2005 |
The country's largest private sector employer, supermarket chain Tesco, has increased basic pay rates for store employees and section managers by 3.1%, effective 3 July 2005. The pay increase, agreed with retail union Usdaw, takes the basic rate for a provincial employee on grade C (which includes checkout operators) with one year's service, from £5.66 to £5.83 an hour.