“More than 130,000 employees will benefit from the increase,” said a spokesman for the Rewe Group.
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Cologne The Rewe Group wants to increase the wages and salaries of employees at Rewe, Penny, Lekkerland and Toom Baumarkt from October despite the pending collective agreement in wholesale and retail. Employees in retail should receive 5.3 percent more money and in wholesale 5.1 percent more money, as the Rewe Group announced on Monday in Cologne. “More than 130,000 employees will benefit from the increase,” said a spokesman.
“The percentage values correspond to the current status of employer offers for 2023 in the retail and wholesale sectors and therefore also to the respective recommendations of the trade associations,” it said. A later collective agreement will be fully implemented.
The amounts already paid out through the advance increase would be taken into account. The company cited the fact that some of the employees had been waiting for an agreement in the collective bargaining dispute for almost six months as the reason for the voluntary increase.
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As the Rewe Group further announced, the so-called inflation compensation discount for employees is to be extended by three months until the end of the year. Employees received a ten percent discount on grocery purchases at Rewe and Penny.
The regional negotiations began in North Rhine-Westphalia for both retail and wholesale and foreign trade at the end of April. In retail, the seventh round of negotiations has been scheduled for October 17th. Wholesale and foreign trade is scheduled to continue on October 19th.
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