Next has cut sick pay for unvaccinated staff who must self-isolate due to displaying Covid symptoms.
Next acknowledged it was an “emotive topic” but said it had to balance staff and shareholder needs.
It comes as employers face mass absences at the start of 2022.
It is unclear when Next made the change but it is believed to have been recent.
Unvaccinated workers at the retailer who test positive are still being paid in full for the time they need off. Next currently pays store sales consultants and stock assistants between £6.55 and £9.21 an hour and warehouse operatives between £9.30 and £11.26 an hour.
But unvaccinated workers who are required to isolate having been identified as a close contact of someone with Covid could now receive as little as £96.35 a week – the Statutory Sick Pay minimum – unless there are mitigating circumstances.
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