No Result
View All Result
Benefits Expert
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Alerts
  • Events
  • Contact
  • NEWS
  • IN DEPTH
  • PROFILE
  • PENSIONS
  • GLOBAL REWARDS
  • FINANCIAL BENEFITS
  • HEALTH & WELLBEING
  • DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
  • PODCAST
No Result
View All Result
Benefits Expert
  • NEWS
  • IN DEPTH
  • PROFILE
  • PENSIONS
  • GLOBAL REWARDS
  • FINANCIAL BENEFITS
  • HEALTH & WELLBEING
  • DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
  • PODCAST

Amazon UK staff to get pay boost

by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam
22/03/2023
Amazon UK staff to get pay boost
Share on LinkedInShare on Twitter

Amazon operations staff in the UK are in line for a pay rise from next month (April), the online retailer has announced.

Depending on location, minimum hourly rates will increase from £10.50 to between £11 and £12. These new amounts are well above the new national living wage rate of £10.42 and the real living wage rates nationally and in London of £10.90 and £11.95 respectively, which will also be effective from 1 April 2023.

A company spokesperson explained: “We regularly review our pay to ensure we offer competitive wages, and we’re pleased to be announcing another increase for our UK operations teams.”

According to Amazon, which employees around 50,000 staff in the UK, its minimum pay rates have grown by 10% in the past seven months – representing an investment of £125 million in that period – and by more than 37% in the past five years.

The company says it regularly reviews and increases hourly employee wages, highlighting that full-time, part-time and seasonal frontline workers received an additional one-time special payment of up to £500 at Christmas as an “extra thank you”.

The rises complement Amazon’s existing benefits package, which includes private medical insurance, life assurance, subsidised meals and an employee discount on its website. The business also provides career development opportunities, including Career Choice, where it pays 95% of an employee’s tuition fees to help them fulfil their work ambitions.

The spokesperson added: “We also work hard to provide great benefits, a positive work environment and excellent career opportunities.

“These are just some of the reasons people want to come and work at Amazon, whether it’s their first job, a seasonal role or an opportunity for them to advance their career.”

The announcement comes just days after the internet giant revealed plans to axe another 9,000 jobs, following the 18,000 cuts made last year.

RELATED POSTS

staff, short-term, money, Jessica Bird, employers, financial education

Financial education 50/30/20 budgeting rule dubbed ‘terrible advice’ 

Physio, musculoskeletal, cash plan

Unum launches Health Plan 360 in cash plan market shake up

 

Next Post
financial uncertainty, support

Three in 10 managers unaware of NICE mental health guidelines

Channel 4 launches period policy

Channel 4 launches period policy

SUMMIT

BENEFITS UNBOXED PODCAST

Benefits Unboxed
Benefits Unboxed

The podcast from Benefits Expert, the title for HR, reward and benefits professionals.

Seasoned professionals examine the challenges and innovations in today’s employee benefits, reward and HR sector. Every episode, they will unbox a key issue and unpack what it really means for employers and how they can tackle it.

The regulars are Claire Churchard, editor of Benefits Expert; Carole Goldsmith, HR director at the Royal Horticultural Society, and Steve Herbert, consultant and rewards & benefits veteran.

Benefits Unboxed – Hybrid work: reality versus rhetoric
byBenefits Expert from Definite Article Media

Return-to-office mandates are a topic that’s generating plenty of heat in the media, but how closely do the headlines match workplace reality? 

In this episode, one of a three-part series of 10-minute podcasts, hosts Claire Churchard and Steve Herbert discuss data that shows remote or home working is on the rise.

We look at what this means for HR, from balancing employee flexibility with business needs, to ensuring benefits packages remain fair and accessible. We discuss the pinch points, and the opportunities, in building the new normal of work.

Benefits Unboxed – Hybrid work: reality versus rhetoric
Benefits Unboxed – Hybrid work: reality versus rhetoric
31/08/2025
Benefits Expert from Definite Article Media
Search Results placeholder

GUIDE TO WORKPLACE PENSIONS



REQUEST A FREE COPY

OPINION

Steve Herbert, consultant, ambassador, reward, benefits, HR strategy

Steve Herbert: The art of the deal?

Lorna Ferrie, legal and compliance director, Mauve Group

Lorna Ferrie: hybrid is not a loophole, remote teams can’t ignore the pay transparency push

Holly Coe, Innecto Reward Consulting

Holly Coe: friendship is an overlooked superpower when tackling workplace absenteeism

Vitality. Pippa Andrews

Pippa Andrews: how to make exercise more enjoyable for women

SUBSCRIBE

Benefits Expert

© 2024 Definite Article Limited. Design by 71 Media Limited.

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Contact

Follow Benefits Expert

No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • In depth
  • Profile
  • Pensions
  • Global rewards
  • Financial benefits
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Diversity & Inclusion