Asda to give more than 120,000 staff pay rises

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Asda has stated it’ll make investments £150 million into giving more than 120,000 staff an 8.4% pay rise.

The UK’s third largest supermarket chain has stated it’ll enhance primary pay for retail employees to £12.04 later this yr.

It is the most recent grocery store group to hike pay charges forward of a rise within the nationwide minimal wage in April.

Mohsin Issa, Asda co-owner, stated: “This record investment will see Asda become the highest-paying grocery retailer in the UK, recognising the hard work of our store colleagues in serving customers every day.

“We want to be a company that people are proud to work for, which is why we are proposing increasing pay for retail and Express colleagues by more than 8% this year.”