Morrisons has revealed it will be making a change to how much their store employees are paid - but it’s still less than other supermarkets. The supermarket giant has agreed a new deal which will see all floor staff receive a pay rise, going up to £10.20 an hour.
The two per cent base rate rise makes Morrisons the ‘highest paying UK supermarket for store colleagues’, with London staff being paid £11.05 from October, when the new pay increase comes into play. However, Morrisons new rate is still lower than both Aldi and Lidl’s, who pay £11.55 and £11.30 respectively in London.
The new deal is planned to start in October 2022, and means that since 2014 the hourly pay rate for Morrisons store Customer Assistants has gone from £6.83 per hour for those who have passed a probation period, to £10.20 - a total increase of more than 40 per cent.
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The pay deal is subject to a ballot of Usdaw members which opened today and closes on June 20. Usdaw national officer Joanne McGuinness said: “Usdaw has negotiated an established rate of £10.20 per hour for Morrisons workers, which is the highest basic pay rate in the supermarket sector.
“We have also secured an established rate of £11.05 for staff within the M25, the same as the London living wage. Our members in Morrisons will now be balloted on the company’s offer.”
The new rate of pay is the latest in a range of benefits aimed at rewarding and thanking colleagues for the important work that they do. Other benefits now available to all colleagues include an unlimited 15 per cent colleague discount, two 10 per cent family and friends discounts, pension, holiday allowance, and industry leading long service rewards.
Clare Grainger, Group People Director at Morrisons, said: “Following last year’s 8.7 per cent pay increase for our Customer Assistants, Morrisons was the first UK supermarket to reach the £10 an hour mark, and we’re very pleased to be maintaining our position as the highest paying UK national supermarket. Today’s announcement recognises the important contribution our colleagues make in serving local communities up and down the country.”
