“As our customers continue to change the way they shop with us, we also have to be prepared to change to meet their needs and a key part of delivering great service is having the right in the right place at the right time, which is what this contract aims to achieve.
The contract confirms that employees will receive 28 days of annual leave in total, including bank holidays.Īsda’s non-pay benefits, such as the employee discount, workplace pension, sharesave scheme and bonus plan, will remain unchanged.Īnthony Hemmerdinger, senior vice president, operations, said: “Our do an amazing job every day and we want to continue to reward them with a higher rate of pay, plus benefits such as their annual bonus. It also requires employees to work bank holidays unless they are booked as annual leave, excepting Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, which will remain voluntary and paid at double time. The proposed contract further details a change in the night shift window and an increase to the night shift premium. The organisation will also move towards making all breaks unpaid.
Asda states that at least three weeks’ notice would be given for rota changes, and consideration would be given to staff with additional commitments outside of work. The new contract asks employees to agree to work more flexibly, for example working different times or across different store departments.
