The discount chain Lidl has announced that it will raise its employees’ salaries in Great Britain by an average of six percent. However, this step is not entirely voluntary.
Good news for Lidl employees: In Great Britain, the discounter plans to raise salaries from March 2022. Specifically, employees who have so far received 10.85 British pounds (GBP) within London will then receive 11.35 GBP, according to the “”. Converted, the current hourly wage corresponds to just under 13 euros per hour. After the increase, the employees will then receive 13.52 euros. Outside the capital, the hourly wage increases from GBP 9.50 (EUR 11.31) to GBP 10.10 (EUR 12.03).
Anyone who has worked for Lidl as a long-term employee should even get 12.25 GBP (14.59 euros) in the London branches from March. (+++ Read also: When employers do not have to pay a minimum wage +++) The employees concerned can look forward to a wage increase of more than six percent. A total of around 21,000 employees work for the German discounter in Great Britain.
Aldi has already increased wages
Lidl is not raising hourly wages entirely voluntarily. In August, the competitor Aldi announced that it would pay employees more money in the future. Within London, wages are then expected to rise from £ 10.57 to £ 11.32. Market leader Tesco pays its employees £ 9.55 an hour, according to the food newspaper.
Starting in April 2022, the UK minimum wage for employees over the age of 23 will increase from the current £ 8.91 to £ 9.50. P.
Retail is looking for staff
Lidl currently operates 850 stores on the island and wants to expand this number to around 1,000 stores by 2023. The discounter needs staff for this. And that’s hard to find. In Great Britain, the hospitality and retail sectors are desperately looking for workers. According to the “LZ”, the number of vacancies in October was around 1.17 million, around 400,000 more than before the corona pandemic. In order to attract and retain staff, employers have to dig much deeper into their pockets.
According to information provided by Lidl to the “”, the wage increase is also a recognition of “the hard work and commitment of the frontline employees in the last 18 months of the pandemic”. “We have ambitious plans to expand our business across the UK, and to achieve that we have to make sure that we get the best talent for every level of our company”, quoted the “LZ” Lidl’s UK managing director Christian Härtnagel.
Source From: Stern
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