asda colleague handbook holidays for 2017

Those colleagues who do not wish to move to the new contract are able to remain on their current terms and conditions and all Asda colleagues will move to the increased National Living Wage on 1 st April 2017 regardless of their decision around the Your Choice contract. Asda has calculated that 95% of current colleagues will be better off if they choose to move to the new contract type – some by over £1000 a year.Īll new colleagues joining Asda from today will automatically be offered the new contract type, with an increased rate of pay coming in to play on 8 th October. Whilst the new contract will require colleagues to be flexible, fair and reasonable notice will be given for any changes to rotas, and consideration will be given to those with care requirements outside of work.

Other geographic and role premiums will remain.Īsda is also maintaining its commitment not to use zero hours contracts and colleagues will retain guaranteed minimum hours. A move to all breaks being unpaid All of Asda’s other non-pay benefits including colleague discount, pension, sharesave and bonus remain unchanged in the new contract offer. Change in the ‘night shift window’ and increase to night shift ‘premium’. 28 days annual leave, including Bank Holidays. As well as an increased rate of pay and agreement to flexible working, other changes within the new “Your Choice” contract offer are.Īgreement to work Bank Holidays if required by their store (or take as annual leave). This means that colleagues could be asked to work in different parts of their store, or work different days or hours depending on when customers shop in their store most. Colleagues who choose to move to the new contract will also have greater levels of flexibility in their work patterns to make sure more colleagues are in the right place, at the right times of day to meet their customers’ needs. Asda Colleague Handbook Holidays In October 2016Īs well as benefitting its colleagues, Asda’s customers will also benefit from the new contract offer. It is also £1 per hour higher than the Government’s National Living Wage increase due in April 2017. The new contract offer, which Asda colleagues can choose whether they want to accept or not, offers one of the highest rates of hourly pay within the supermarket sector. Asda has today announced that it has offered all of its 135,000 store colleagues in Great Britain a pay increase to £8.50 per hour from October 2017 as part of a new contract. 95% of Asda colleagues estimated to be better off under the new terms – but moving to the new contract is voluntary. New contract offer benefits customers by including greater levels of flexibility to put the right colleagues in the right place at the right time.

Asda to offer its colleagues a base rate of £8.50 p/h - £1p/h over the Government’s incoming National Living Wage. Asda Colleague Handbook Holidays In October 2016.

Asda colleague handbook holidays for 2017