The Derby-based engineering group told 11,000 staff on Monday that they would receive the lump sum as well as a backdated 4% pay rise as the cost-of-living crisis intensifies
Rolls-Royce Holdings is to hand £2,000 in cash to nearly three-quarters of its UK workforce, making it the latest major British employer to try to help staff deal with the intensifying squeeze on living costs.
Sky News has learnt that the aircraft engineering group informed thousands of employees on Monday that it is offering the lump sum as well as a 4% pay rise backdated to March to 11,000 shopfloor workers in its UK manufacturing plants. It also intends to provide the £2,000 lump sum to a further 3,000 junior managers, taking the total number of beneficiaries of the company's decision to 14,000 people.A source who had seen the memo circulated to staff said that junior managers would receive the cash in August, while union members will receive it once the offer is accepted by Unite, which represents thousands of Rolls-Royce workers.
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