Aldi workers in Wales will get a pay increase for the second time this year. From September, all of the supermarket's staff who are paid hourly will receive an increase of 40p an hour on their current hourly rate.
It takes Aldi’s minimum pay rates for its store assistants to a sector-leading £10.50 an hour nationally and £11.95 in London. The new rates exceed the Living Wage Foundation’s recommended real living wage of £9.90 an hour nationally and £11.05 in London.
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Aldi also remains the only supermarket to offer paid breaks, which for the average store colleague is now worth more than £830 a year. Giles Hurley, Chief Executive Officer of Aldi UK and Ireland, said: "Our new rates of pay maintain Aldi’s position as the UK’s highest paying supermarket.
"This announcement recognises the amazing contribution our colleagues make in serving the local communities in Wales. Their outstanding efforts have ensured that our customers continue to have access to fresh affordable food, every single day.”
Aldi is the UK’s fifth-largest supermarket and has more than 970 stores across Britain.
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