Lidl GB has announced that it is making its biggest ever investment in staff wages.
The supermarket is committing £18 million to enable it to increase entry-level pay from £9.50 to £10.10 per hour outside of London and £10.85 to £11.35 within the M25, with staff earning up to £11.40 and £12.25 respectively depending on their length of service.
Lidl said the increase will represent a pay rise of over 6% for some employees and will directly benefit over 21,000 Lidl staff members across the UK.
The move means that Lidl employees will benefit from 60p per hour more than the National Living Wage if they are over 23.
The wage increase will come into effect from Lidl’s new financial year in March 2022.
