Covid-19: Britain's Sainsbury's gives staff third pandemic bonus

London - Payment based on 3 per cent of employee’s annual pay.

Britain’s second-largest supermarket group Sainsbury’s will award staff a third bonus for their efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic, it said on Friday.

Sainsbury’s has 172,000 workers, making it one of Britain’s biggest private sector employers.

The third one-off payment will be made in May to staff working in stores, plus logistics and customer care teams.

It will be based on 3 per cent of an employee’s annual pay, so a full-time staffer would receive more than £530 ($739).

Sainsbury’s also announced a pay increase for store staff.

It said that from March the hourly rate for Sainsbury’s and Argos store workers would increase to £9.50 - an increase from £9.30 for a Sainsbury’s worker and £9.00 for an Argos worker.