Morrisons to introduce £13.11 rule in all UK stores from October
The supermarket is set to shake things up later this year.
A major UK supermarket could hike pay above the national living wage for shopfloor staff amid ongoing negotiations with a trade union. Morrisons increased pay for store and warehouse workers to £12.71 in line with the national living wage on March 30, but the firm has also extended a separate pay offer to union members that could see it rise to £13.11 by the end of the year.
The change, subject to approval by the Usdaw union, would see customer assistant pay increase to £12.81 an hour, backdated to March 30, before the base rate for all hourly workers rises to £13 in July and £13.11 in October. The pay offer, over which 45,000 Usdaw members are currently balloting, was revealed in an internal document seen by Retail Week. Morrisons, which is the last of the main UK supermarkets to confirm an annual pay rise, was previously locked in a months-long dispute with Usdaw over its refusal to offer an increase beyond the living wage.
The UK national living wage for people aged 21 and over was increased by 4.1% to £12.71 in April, with the minimum wage for workers between 18 and 20 raised by 8.5% to £10.85 concurrently.
Morrisons previously attributed its decision to pay staff the minimum amount to a "number of challenges".
Among these were £200 million of "unexpected" price hikes introduced last April, including the Government's changes to National Insurance contributions.
The supermarket chain also closed 17 of its smaller Morrison Daily stores last year, bringing the total to 103 sites ceasing operations across 2025, including cafes and pharmacies.
Despite the financial challenges, Morrisons pledged to lower prices on popular products this month as part of its commitment to delivering value for customers amid rising household costs linked to the Iran war.
Prices were lowered across the brand's Savers range, including both food and household essentials.
