Core+Living Wage Policy (supply chain)+BT Group+2023+Discussion

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Since April, colleagues across the globe have continued to be impacted by rising inflation and the cost of living squeeze. We again sought to support our colleagues as best we could, and we took the following actions:– We delivered a £1,500 consolidated salary increase from 1 January 2023 to all UK colleagues earning a £50,000 full-time equivalent salary or below – more than 85% of our UK workforce, including all of our team member and frontline colleagues, and half of our UK manager population. Combined with the increase offered in April 2022, our lowest-paid colleagues received a total increase of 15% year on year.

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In terms of enhanced benefit provision, we rolled out additional support for business-needs drivers and colleagues travelling overnight; and launched our Benefitness campaign to help colleagues understand how our range of flexible benefits could best support them through these difficult economic times. The Committee understands that our colleagues continue to face cost pressures and it receives regular updates on pay and conditions across the business throughout the year.