SOME of Britain’s biggest stores are paying workers less since the National Living Wage came in, an inquiry found.
Minimum pay for over-25s rose to £7.20 an hour in April and Chancellor George Osborne said over a million staff would be better off.
But some employers are cutting overtime rates and scrapping double time for Sundays and Bank Holidays, Channel 4’s Dispatches has
discovered.
Store staff at Tesco on a basic salary of £14,500 a year could be around £1,200 worse off despite their hourly rate rising from £7.39 to £7.62.
And DIY chain B&Q raised basic pay to £7.66 an hour for all staff. But a worker said he will lose £735 a year.
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Both firms say they are compensating staff with lump sums.
But a B&Q worker told the programme: “We were told by the store manager that if we didn’t sign a new contract then basically we were sacked.”
Are You Owed a Pay Rise?: Channel 4 Dispatches will air tomorrow at 8pm.
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