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Tesco retail staff: 3.1% rise

Key details

Pay award: 3.1% basic pay increase

Employees covered (nos.): retail staff (215,000)

Effective date: 3 July 2005

The country's largest private sector employer, supermarket chain Tesco, has increased basic pay rates for store employees and section managers by 3.1%, effective 3 July 2005. The pay increase, agreed with retail union Usdaw, takes the basic rate for a provincial employee on grade C (which includes checkout operators) with one year's service, from £5.66 to £5.83 an hour.