Lidl raises the minimum wage to 14 euros - and thus draws level with the competitor
Created: 05/12/2022, 15:26
The discounter will increase the minimum wage for its employees in Germany from 12.50 to 14 euros per hour from June.
The
discounter Lidl
will also increase the
minimum wage for its employees
in Germany from 12.50 to 14 euros per hour from June.
"Our colleagues put in above-average work every day, and it is important to us that they are paid above-average and fairly," said the CEO of Lidl in Germany, Christian Härtnagel, on Wednesday (May 11).
Lidl draws level with Aldi when it comes to minimum wages
Lidl increases the minimum wage for its employees in Germany to 14 euros per hour.
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Lidl is following the example of its competitor
Aldi
.
Aldi had already announced at the end of April that it would increase the minimum wage for its own employees to 14 euros from June.
The company justified the step back then with the current wave of price increases.
The
minimum wage
at the two largest German discounters will therefore continue to be well above the statutory minimum wage, which will only increase to EUR 10.45 in July 2022.
The statutory minimum wage will rise to 12 euros from October
According to traffic light plans, the statutory minimum wage is to be raised to 12 euros in October 2022.
Even then, the two discounters would still be higher at 14 euros.
dpa/ahu
