Overview
- Tesco will raise hourly pay by 5.1% for shop and online fulfilment staff to £13.28 from March 29, a rate that exceeds the £12.71 National Living Wage taking effect in April.
- The London Location Allowance increases to £1.27 per hour, taking the rate for colleagues within the M25 to £14.55.
- The company says the award represents an investment of over £200 million and will reach hundreds of thousands of employees.
- Tesco plans to introduce a domestic abuse policy later this year that includes up to three days’ paid leave, which Usdaw says makes it the first retailer to commit to such support.
- Rivals including Sainsbury’s, Lidl, Aldi and M&S have announced comparable rises to £13+ nationally and higher in London, underscoring wage competition across the sector.