Morrisons and Asda confirm new £13 rule in UK stores in July

Morrisons and Asda confirm new £13 rule in UK stores in JulyBoth supermarkets have confirmed an upcoming change across stores. Share Article Share Article Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky Email Copy Link Link copied Bookmark Add us as preferred source Comments By Claire Schofield 10:37, Tue, Jun 2, 2026 Updated: 10:38, Tue, Jun 2, 2026 Morrisons is increasing the hourly pay rate for Customer Assistants from £12.81 to £13 from July 20 (Image: Getty)Morrisons and Asda have confirmed a new £13 rule across UK stores in July in a major boost for workers. Both supermarket chains are increasing pay rates for some staff roles, with the increase being rolled out in phases. Morrisons announced in May that a proposed pay deal for supermarket and manufacturing colleagues covered by the national agreement with USDAW secured a 91.87% in favour from staff and will be implemented in three stages. window.scriptsToLoad.push({url:'https://live.primis.tech/live/liveView.php?s=118222&vp_content=plembed3a6btjknzwqh&cbuster=%%CACHEBUSTER%%&playerApiId=v118222',triggeredBy:'tcfLoaded',delay:1500,containerId:'ovp-primis',title:"Primis player",beforeLoad:()=>{window.top.addEventListener('primisPlayerInit',e=>{try{if(e.detail&&e.detail.playerApiId==="v118222"){if(window.document.getElementsByClassName('jwplayer')[0]){e.detail.float('disable')}}}catch(e){}})},}) The first stage began in March and saw hourly pay rates for a Customer Assistant increase to £12.81, and this is due to rise again for the second stage in July. From Monday, July 20, Morrisons has confirmed that the established rate of pay for a Customer Assistant will increase from £12.81 to £13, and all other established hourly rates for roles covered by the agreement will increase by 19p. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Get the day's biggest headlines in UK and World news and more Subscribe Invalid emailWe use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may i...