J Sainsbury Confirms Hourly Pay Rise
24 May 2018 - 7:10PM
Dow Jones News
By Maryam Cockar
J Sainsbury PLC (SBRY.LN) on Thursday confirmed that it will
increase its hourly pay rate for the majority of its employees
following a consultation with its staff, but that it still intends
to scrap bonuses and paid breaks.
The grocer announced the pay and contractual changes in March
and has since consulted with more than 100 employees and their
unions.
Sainsbury said the hourly rate will increase to GBP9.20 an hour
from GBP8.00, an investment of GBP110 million that will give
121,000 store employees an average pay rise of 9.3%.
The pay increase and contractual changes of reducing 22 in-store
roles to five and the removal of bonuses and paid breaks will come
into effect in September.
From the consultation process, Sainsbury said it will also
extended location pay to staff working in all outer London
boroughs, increase unsociable hour premium payments, to GBP2.45 an
hour from GBP2.20 and raise online driver payments to 75 pence an
hour from 50 pence.
The company said it will review the hourly rate of pay again in
March 2020.
Write to Maryam Cockar at maryam.cockar@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
May 24, 2018 04:55 ET (08:55 GMT)
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