Workers at Pret a Manger UK have reportedly threatened to strike after the coffee chain announced that temporary pay cuts would be made permanent. reported that Pret workers were informed via email they would no longer be paid for breaks, and that a £1 service bonus would also be permanently reduced. The £1 service bonus can see employees earn extra based on feedback from mystery shoppers. It was initially scrapped last summer, before being reinstated at a reduced 50 pence .
In response to the strike threat, the newspaper reported Pret CEO Pano Christou emailed workers to say the bonus would be restored to £1 from September, but the cut to break pay would remain. The newspaper estimates that the reverse will still see the average worker, many of whom earn a basic hourly minimum wage of £8.91 , subjected to a 6% cut in their pre pandemic pay for an eight-hour shift.
The firm earlier this year took a cash injection of £185 million from investors, led by majority shareholder JAB holdings. The chain has announced job cuts and store closures through the pandemic.
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