Migros increases salaries

Migros pays its employees up to half a percent more in salary. The “orange giant” announced on Tuesday that it had been agreed upon in this year’s negotiations with social and contractual partners.

Despite the tense economic situation, the wage bill will rise up to 0.5 percent and will increase further on January 1, in addition to compensation payments and special bonuses already paid. This is not a general salary increase, but an individual based on role and performance, a spokeswoman said on request. This would be decided first by individual Migros companies and then by employee supervisors.

“In addition to the increase in the wage bill negotiated with the social partners, Migros companies are analyzing possible other services such as merchandise vouchers to recognize the great commitment of employees,” the retail giant wrote in the statement. The result of the negotiations applies to employees who are subject to the state collective bargaining agreement (L-GAV) Migros.

Bonus of 500 francs for sales staff

In the current year, Migros had already used more than 30 million francs to compensate for the salary gaps of the employees affected by the reduced working hours, as well as special bonuses for the enormous effort made by the employees in sales, production and logistics to maintain basic services during the shutdown, he said.

People at the front and in logistics would have received a bonus of 500 francs, a Migros spokeswoman said on request. Now the individual companies in the group would think about what they could do for employees.

The group’s individual business areas were affected differently by the corona pandemic. “While retail and online businesses developed positively this year, other business areas of Migros, such as travel, amusement parks and gastronomy, suffered greatly from the effects of Covid-19,” he said.

Hotel plan not included

The increase in the salary bill applies to tens of thousands of employees in around 40 companies that are subject to Migros’ L-GAV. These include all cooperatives, industrial companies, Ex Libris and Migros Bank. The hotel plan is not included. The traveling daughter has her own collective bargaining agreement, on which negotiations are still pending, a spokeswoman said. Denner is also not affiliated with L-GAV.

For comparison: Competitor Coop will increase its employees’ salaries by 1 percent next year.

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