Asda could be facing industrial action from warehouse workers after the chain proposed changes to its sick pay terms in exchange for a pay rise.
Thousands of Asda staff will today cast their votes, after unions rejected a pay deal that would have seen the grocer improve its pay offer in exchange for cutting sickness payments.
Bosses had initially suggested a deal to give staff a pay rise at the expense of their sick pay entitlement - including the first three days of paid sick pay in any sickness absence and the last 13 to 26 weeks of sick pay