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Gross wage gap at Aldi: In Switzerland, employees earn twice as much as in Germany

2020-11-28T23:25:43.159Z


The food discounter Aldi has raised wages and salaries in Switzerland. The adjustment is moderate, but the minimum wage is well above the tariff in Germany.


The food discounter Aldi has raised wages and salaries in Switzerland.

The adjustment is moderate, but the minimum wage is well above the tariff in Germany.

Zurich - At the

Aldi

discounter

in

Switzerland,

wages will be at least 4440 francs (around 4065 euros).

The company, which belongs to

Aldi

Süd

, announced this on Thursday.

The jump isn't huge: it's 1.2 percent compared to the previous year.

In some places there is also a higher minimum wage, up to CHF 4,648 for a 42-hour week.

13 salaries are paid per year.

The minimum wage is significantly higher than at

Aldi

in Germany.

According to a company spokeswoman, the minimum wage in this country is 12.50 euros per hour.

That would correspond to a monthly salary of around 2000 euros.

The discounter also paid employees in Germany a special bonus due to the additional burdens caused by the corona pandemic.

Aldi: In Switzerland, employees earn twice as much as in Germany

Aldi pays its employees in Switzerland around twice as much.

However, the cost of living in Switzerland is also considerably higher.

Among other things, employees without a subsidy from their employer have to pay for their health insurance contributions.

With these salaries,

Aldi

is ahead of the competition in Switzerland, such as

Migros

and

Coop

, where the starting salary is around CHF 4,000.

Aldi competitor

Lidl

has also been on the Swiss market since 2009.

He pays unskilled employees according to his own statements, 4,100 francs.

Lidl has more than 140 branches.

Aldi

has been in Switzerland since 2005 and has more than 200 branches.

In Germany, the company has just opened its largest store to date in the world at its headquarters in Mülheim.

(

dpa / utz

)

Source: merkur

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