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No mention on our Tesco of poss pay rise / negotiation for later this year prob shortest pay statement off Tesco I've seen

2023 SETTLEMENT
The settlement is the outcome of Negotiations between USDAW and Tesco that took place from
30th January until 1st February and includes both Union and Company items. It covers a 1-year
period from 2nd April 2023. The settlement applies to hourly paid Colleagues in Stores, CFCs and
UFCs.
Negotiated Items:
1. Core award
From 2nd April 2023 the established hourly rate will increase by 7% from £10.30 to £11.02.
2. Skills Payments
• Shift Leaders
Skills Payment investment of +40p (21.5%) for Shift Leaders taking their skill payment to £2.26.
from 2nd April.
A new Pay Grade will be created for colleagues with all variations of 'Shift Leader' in their job
title.
• Pharmacy Technicians
The 90p per hour market supplement paid to all Grade F Pharmacy Accuracy Checking
Technicians will be consolidated into their Skills payment increasing it from £1.52 to £2.42.
3. Sunday Premiums
For those colleagues who are eligible for Sunday premium, the overall hourly rate for working
Sundays will be protected in line with its current value. This will mean that, for those eligible,
from 2 April basic pay plus Sunday premium will be paid at £12.89 per hour for contracted and
overtime Sunday hours (currently £12.88 per hour). This will mean that the multiplier for Sunday
premium will move from 25% to 17%. Other pay elements currently eligible for Sunday Premium
will also receive the new 17% Sunday premium rate.
4. London Location Allowance
Two new London Allowance rates:
1. Inner London Allowance: 93p, increasing the hourly rate to £11.95 for stores within
London Boroughs.
2. Outer London Allowance: 73p, increasing the hourly rate to £11.75 for stores inside the
M25, excluding London Boroughs.
The new London Allowance rates replace Band C (68p) and Band B (45p) for these areas.

so does the old location pay band B rate of 45p for "South East Stores" (not inside the M25) still exist?

Are "Team Support" on checkouts now called Shift Leaders? I've read so much about Shift Leaders on this forum - but never really knew how it impacted where I work - as all I've ever known are "dept managers" and the only dept to have anything other is checkouts where the "supervisors" are called "Team Support" - so basically, are they getting 72p plus an extra 40p - so £1.12 per hour pay rise?

No large stores have team support on the front end and then the shift leaders look after the whole store and carry duty phone. Or so they are meant to.
Currently the both get the same skill rate but from April 2nd the shift leader will be on 40p more per hour.. personally in my store they are not worth the extra.

I presume the extra 40p is to soften the blow of the extra duties expected of them once the new management structure has been implemented

Yes more than likely but in my opinion the 40p extra is still not enough to attract experienced colleagues to the role. in the 2 stores I've worked at I've only come across 1 capable shift leader the rest have only been with the company 1-2 years at most and lack in the experience needed to lead the store day to day

Having read the brief in full I think Usdaw really have to get a grip. They have sold what's left of our Sunday premiums away and will escape censure with the usual weasel words. Shafted yet again. We really should be blaming the Forum and by extension ourselves but if thats the case why are they even involved when it's  obvious we can shaft ourselves just as well without them.

On ourtesco now
https://www.ourtesco.com/colleague/news/views/new-pay-award-for-hourly-paid-colleagues-in-stores-and-fulfilment-centres

Anyone know where the FAQ are on OurTesco? They are referred to in the comments on there - but the link in Jason's write up does not link directly to anything to do with the payrise. I know in the past they can take a while to update them on there - but as someone in the comments on there seemed to mention them I assume they exist somewhere.

Quote from: barafear on 20-02-23, 01:27PMAnyone know where the FAQ are on OurTesco? They are referred to in the comments on there - but the link in Jason's write up does not link directly to anything to do with the payrise. I know in the past they can take a while to update them on there - but as someone in the comments on there seemed to mention them I assume they exist somewhere.

I found them!!! As usual - a little bit buried!
So from the FAQ, it would appear the following changes for staff at our store:

45p location pay seems to be going and we won't qualify for any location pay under the new bands as we are not located within the M25 -

therefore, Mon-Sat pay will go from £10.75 per hour to £11.02 an hour = approx 2.6% increase.

Sunday pay from £13.44 an hour (£10.75x1.25) to £12.89 an hour = 55p reduction or about 4%!

So weekend only workers - let's say contracted to 6 hours on Saturday and 6.5 hours on Sunday will probably be worse off!!

But not due to minimal amount of compensation payment - as they are not "only" contracted to Sunday!!

Quote from: .....1 on 20-02-23, 01:15PMYes more than likely but in my opinion the 40p extra is still not enough to attract experienced colleagues to the role. in the 2 stores I've worked at I've only come across 1 capable shift leader the rest have only been with the company 1-2 years at most and lack in the experience needed to lead the store day to day

Absolutely, 40p on top of their existing skill payment is nowhere near enough to be running stores in my opinion. None of the experienced staff in my store are interested, only new staff with little experience are going for the roles.
We have 3 night shift leader vacancies in our store but the only ones being put forward for the roles are the manager's mates so in this case experience or a willingness to do the job makes no difference as you wouldn't get a sniff at it anyway.

Quote from: andzdrew on 20-02-23, 11:56AMSunday hourly pay will become £12.89 per hour fixed from 2 Apr.

No longer calculated as a percentage from the base rate.





I've said that today, every pay review it will be reeuced.

As someone said this is basically 1.17x rate of the new 11.02 base...

However I expect this will never increase and will be phased out eventually.

Union says Tesco went in with a £10.70 offer and zero Sunday premium, and to keep any has been a challenge.

Also I can't see anything about Bank Holiday premiums, unless I've missed it. are these still at 1.25

Quote from: Rumblerumble on 20-02-23, 02:00PMAlso I can't see anything about Bank Holiday premiums, unless I've missed it. are these still at 1.25

Yes.

*Colleagues who are contracted to only work on a Sunday will receive a one-off lump sum payment for the change. Equivalent to 3% of their previous hourly rate over 52 weeks*

What does 3% of their previous hourly rate over 52 weeks mean?

I know I'm probably being dim, but it isn't clear to me. Is it contacted hours only, or total hours worked on Sundays?

So the location allowance outside London must be staying as it isn't mentioned...

I would say that location pay outside the M25 will be going - because at present it is 45p for our store and the terms of the new deal specifically state that the new location bands (D&E) are replacing the old ones - therefore, not "in addition" to them.

As someone who is contracted for Sundays can I just say USDAW you are a disgrace of a union.

So seems we getting £11.02 and our fears on Sunday pay is true.

QuoteFor those colleagues who are eligible for Sunday premium, the overall hourly rate for working Sundays will be protected in line with its current value. This will mean that, for those eligible, from 2 April basic pay plus Sunday premium will be paid at £12.89 per hour for contracted and overtime Sunday hours (currently £12.88 per hour). This will mean that the multiplier for Sunday premium will move from 25% to 17%. Other pay elements currently eligible for Sunday Premium will also receive the new 17% Sunday premium rate.

😂 Protected "in line" no its not its A PAY CUT when you count inflation.

No incentive at all to do Sunday overtime anymore. Already on my own over two departments in a superstore! (three actually sometimes)

Everyone is quitting Sundays and I'll be refusing overtime soon as I don't get paid enough to do 2-3 departments by myself on the BUSIEST DAY of the week while all my friends go out and have fun.

Quote from: breeksy on 20-02-23, 02:09PM*Colleagues who are contracted to only work on a Sunday will receive a one-off lump sum payment for the change. Equivalent to 3% of their previous hourly rate over 52 weeks*

What does 3% of their previous hourly rate over 52 weeks mean?

I know I'm probably being dim, but it isn't clear to me. Is it contacted hours only, or total hours worked on Sundays?

Contracted only


So I won't get a penny. Been doing Sunday overtime for over 15 months due to staff shortage.

It's never been put in my contract.

So no incentive for me to ever do Sundays anymore as 1p hour payrise for Sunday = what's the point when I'm on my own and already don't feel its enough pay as it is now.

Usdaw need disbanding and someone decent take over.

ANOTHER DECREASE of Sunday premium
ANOTHER FREEZE of night premium

This propaganda of so called praiseworthy pay increases over the last year omits those who work unsociable hours and/or Sunday hours who have CONSISTENTLY received less of an overall increase in comparison to those who do not. So much so the gap between the two are shrinking rapidly in monetary terms over the last few years.

Misleading. Insulting. Disgraceful.

They really do treat us all like absolute mugs.

Maybe I'm discounting the possibility of free bananas and mug soups provided for starving colleagues are included in the pay deal.

Quote from: barafear on 20-02-23, 02:46PMI would say that location pay outside the M25 will be going - because at present it is 45p for our store and the terms of the new deal specifically state that the new location bands (D&E) are replacing the old ones - therefore, not "in addition" to them.

Location Pay outside London Allowance
Colleagues working in Outer London (inside the M25 but excluding London Boroughs) will see the
introduction of a new Outer London Allowance of 73p per hour taking their basic pay plus location
pay to £11.75.
The two new London Allowance rates replace Band C (68p) and Band B (45p) for these areas.
Stores with existing Location Pay who do not fall as part of the new London Allowance bands will
retain their existing Location pay status and will operate in-line with Tesco's Location Pay Policy.
This investment sees wages in London matching the Real Living Wage for the first time.
Importantly, this investment has not come at the detriment of the overall investment in base pay
for all Tesco employees and is a significant step forward to meeting the Union's calls for a New
Deal for Workers.

Why does it feel like the company is borrowing a pound off me to  pay for my pay rise,sunday premiums w@nk,what do tesco depots get for sunday?starting to feel discriminated against

7 percent increase in base pay, so basically a cut when one considers the current inflation rate, USDAW really have surpassed themselves this time and that takes some doing considering some of the things they have endorsed from Tesco in the past.