Supermarket chain to boost 90000 workers’ hourly pay to £8.20 next year – £1 more than chancellor’s national living wage for over-25sMorrisons is to increase pay for 90000 shop floor staff to £8.20 an hour from March – above the living wage calculated by independent campaigners.
The pay rise a hefty 20% increase from Morrisons’ current minimum wage for shop floor staff of £6.83 an hour – will apply to staff of all ages. That puts Morrisons well ahead of George Osborne’s “national living wage” of £7.20 an hour, which comes into force for over-25s from April. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com