Wilko Increases Basic Pay For Team Members

Privately owned, household and garden retailer, wilko has confirmed a mid-year pay deal, increasing its entry level hourly rate to £10, 50p above the national living wage. 

This pay increase was rubber stamped today following a successful national ballot of team members undertaken by the GMB trade union. 

In addition, the retailer committed to an additional market forces temporary payment for logistics team members to support recruitment and retention until the end of March 2023, which is the business’ busiest trading period. 

wilko is also temporarily increasing team member discount to 30% until the end of January to help make team members’ hard-earned cash go a little further, particularly in the run up to Christmas. 

Jerome Saint-Marc, wilko CEO, said; “We heard loud and clear from team members and from the GMB, that they are worried about the cost-of-living increase, particularly for anybody on entry level hourly rates.  

“Despite the pressures on retail at the moment, we are really pleased to be able to further invest in our team members to help them through this. 

“Our goal remains to grow by helping hard-working families with their everyday household and garden jobs. This approach is made possible only through the continued long-term commitment of our family ownership which enables us to make the right decisions for wilko’s continued success.”

Source : wilko

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