Popular retailer Primark will be rolling out a major change across all of its UK stores to help with the cost of living crisis.
From today, Saturday April 1, all of Primark's retail floor workers will receive a 12% pay rise. The change will affect 26,000 of its retail assistants in the UK, and will take staff to £11 an hour across England, Scotland and Wales.
The pay rise for staff in London will change to £11.51 an hour, with the new pay increase to land in their April payslip. This will be the second pay rise Primark has given staff in two years, with a 12% increase last year.
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Primark will also be removing age-related pay rates for those under 23, so all Primark retail assistants will be paid the same wage for the work they do, whether they are 16-years-old or 50. Previously, the store paid their staff dependent on their age, which was in line with the Government's rates of pay with National Living Wage being paid to those over 23 years, and minimum wage being paid to those under.
The wage increases for Primark staff are over the UK's Living Wage from April 2023-24 which is £10.42. Primark said the wage increase follows the retailer's plan announced last November of investing at least £140m in the UK high street over the next two years.
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