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Lidl has said it will become the first UK supermarket to implement the minimum wage as recommended by the Living Wage Foundation.
From October, Lidl UK employees will earn a minimum of £8.20 an hour across England, Scotland and Wales, and £9.35 an hour in London, the supermarket said.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34281559
Lidl. Just let that sink in for a minute.
Other supermarkets need to take a long, hard look at their business models and ask why Lidl are able to pay their staff more and stay in business while they rely on the taxpayer topping up pay through tax credits.
Businesses in general need to. Our costs of living aren't the lowest and wages should match up, not need taxpayer top up.
I find myself wondering if things like tax credits are there to raise employment while keeping productivity lower. Companies hire more people to do the same work, pay them less, the taxpayer makes up the difference, some of the workers work as I suspect I would if I were being paid so little I had to rely on welfare to live.