Tesco retail staff helped by 3.05% rise
Key details Pay award: 3.05% basic pay increase Employees covered (nos.): retail staff (230,000) Effective date: 2 July 2006 |
The country's largest private sector employer, supermarket chain Tesco, has increased basic pay rates for store employees and section managers by 3.05%, effective from 2 July 2006. The pay increase, agreed with retail union Usdaw, takes the basic rate for a provincial employee with a year's service on grade C (which includes checkout operators) from £5.83 to £6.02 an hour.
Other changes as a result of this year's settlement include:
an increase in the first-aid allowance from £3.60 to £3.70 a week; and
an uplift of 3.05% to night premia in line with the core pay increase.