Morrisons agrees staff pay rise with shopworkers union

According to internal documents seen by Retail Week, the grocer increased its pay in line with the rise in National Living Wage earlier on March 30, to £12.71 per hour. However, it has separately negotiated a staff pay offer that is currently being voted on by union members.

If the pay offer vote is passed, Morrisons will increase staff pay again in three tranches. The first will be backdated to March 30, and will see customer assistant pay increase to £12.81.

The next would be from July 20, when the base pay rate for staff will increase to £13 and again on October 26, when it would jump to £13.11.

Morrisons would also pay all eligible hourly staff a one-off fixed payment of between £25 and £175 based on contractual hours on May 29.

The ballot for union members opened on April 15 and is due to shut on May 6.

Alongside the pay increase, Morrisons offers a 15% staff discount on meals and a 10% discount for nominated friends and family.

It also offers 26 weeks of maternity leave at full pay and four weeks of paternity pay – with two weeks at full pay and two at half pay.

Other benefits include a 10% discount card for leavers with long service, discount with over 900 other retailers and service providers through its MyPerks scheme, financial education and loans, healthcare cash plan and digital GP appointments.

Morrisons is the latest UK grocer to announce a pay rise for shopfloor staff.

Tesco announced a £200m investment in staff pay on March 18, Sainsbury’s bumped up pay on January 29, Aldi invested £36m in pay at the start of the year, while the Co-op announced a boost for staff to £13.04 per hour nationally on April 1.