Asda to offer staff a paid day off for King’s coronation

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Asda is to offer all hourly paid store colleagues a paid day off for the King’s coronation bank holiday on May 8.

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Asda is giving hourly paid staff a paid day off to participate in The Big Help Out

Staff can request a day off to participate in The Big Help Out, a national day of volunteering across local groups and charities to mark the coronation.

Colleagues wanting to book time off will still be paid and their holiday entitlement will be unaffected. Staff who choose to work on May 8 will receive double-time pay.

More than 380 Asda community champions across the UK will help bring communities together to further support the cause by arranging litter-picks in parks, community centres, beaches and canals.

Details of the events and other local volunteering opportunities will be advertised on community boards in store. Customers can also download The Big Help Out app.

Asda will also surprise 10 coronation-inspired community projects with funding.

Asda’s chief people and corporate affairs officer Hayley Tatum said: “We’re proud to mark the coronation of King Charles III by supporting The Big Help Out and enabling our colleagues to come together, celebrate and give back to their local communities.

“We understand that this is an incredibly important event for many of our colleagues and they want to get involved, which is why we’re offering them the opportunity to take a day off to support their local area, without needing to use their holiday entitlement.

“We are also saying thank you to those colleagues who do choose to work on Monday 8 May by offering them a double-time payment as a thank you for their continued efforts to serve our customers over the bank holiday weekend.”