#pay-rise

#pay-rise

This is one of the meanest so-called pay rises imaginable. Dedicated workers will have to work for an entire week just to buy a tin of beans.

The German owned discount retailer Lidl is to provide their workers with the seventh pay rise since 2023. The retailer will double paid paternity leave as part of a further £29 million investment for workers wages and entry level pay will rise to £13.45 per hour. Londoner's starting out with Lidl will see an increase from £14.35 6o £14.80 and with length of service pay will rise to £15.30.

From Monday 1st September, over 28,000 Aldi hourly paid store colleagues across the UK will receive a bigger than expected pay rise as the supermarket reinforces its pledge to never be beaten on pay. In July, Aldi said it was increasing pay for Store Assistants from £12.75 an hour to £13.00 from 1st September, to become the first supermarket to offer this minimum rate. It has now made a further increase to £13.02 an hour to maintain its position as sector leader. The rate increases to £13.95 with length of service.

This victory shows what happens when workers stand united and refuse to be treated as second-class.

The British Medical Association described the 4% pay rise for doctors as 'derisory', stating it does not adequately address historical pay freezes and erosion of value.