Selfridges has boosted its shop floor worker pay to align with the London Living Wage.
The department store chain increased its wages by over 6 per cent to align with the Real Living Wage, which is £14.80 an hour in London and £13.45 across the rest of the UK.
The move coincides with the government’s mandatory increase to the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage starting from 1 April. Salaries were up by 4.1 per cent to £12.71 an hour for those aged 21 and above.
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Selfridges joins various UK retailers such as John Lewis, M&S and Primark in rolling out pay rises for their retail staff.
The John Lewis Partnership introduced a 6.9 per cent pay rise for staff from April, increasing its minimum hourly salaries to £13.25 nationally and £14.80 within the M25.
In March, M&S also boosted pay for its shop floor workers by 6.4 per cent, while Tesco recently hiked pay by 5.1 per cent for its hourly-paid employees.
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