Tesco and the trade unions agreed on the January 2018 wage increase

The Tesco-Global Áruházak Zrt. under an agreement with trade unions, allocates another 2.8 billion HUF for the wage increase of its retail workers. At the supermarket chain, the lowest wages will rise from January 2018 to 197,000 HUF. Wage increases affect 14,100 colleagues and the wages will be increased by 10 percent on average.

Tesco has invested 11.1 billion forints on 2018 wage increases since January 2017 to increase employees’ wages. Tesco is committed to continue the wage growth started in 2016 and will keep wages above the qualified wage minimum in 2018.