Amazon raises pay for UK and Canada frontline workers

Amazon is raising pay for frontline operations employees in the United Kingdom and Canada, with both increases set to take effect on September 27. The company announced the moves as part of ongoing investments in its workforce. In the UK, minimum starting hourly pay for frontline roles will increase to between £15.10 and £16.10, depending on location. This represents a rise of up to 5.6% and will benefit tens of thousands of employees, with one source specifying around 70,000 workers. Amazon stated that the increase means annual starting salaries for full-time frontline employees will now range from £31,408 to £33,488. The company noted that its hourly starting pay has risen by 80 pence over the past year and by 44% since 2022. In Canada, Amazon is raising the average hourly base wage for operations employees to C$26.27, an increase of C$1 from the previous year. The company described this as a 4% year-over-year increase. A full-time employee working 40 hours per week would earn more than C$54,000 annually on average. The timing of the Canadian announcement has drawn comment from the union Unifor, which represents workers at an Amazon warehouse in Delta, British Columbia.