#pay-rise

#pay-rise

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.