Fair Deal

Education & Training

Petty Pool

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The Trust dedicates two employee days per year for all its staff. These include a hiking challenge and an outdoor waterpark.. Staff can try water sports such as paddle boarding and an inflatable assault course. Anyone who doesn't wish to be adventurous can enjoy a picnic and relax by the water.

Petty Pool’s uses rewards and recognition to encourage its employees to start living, demonstrating its values and empowering others to do the same. It hosts yearly awards in four organisation value areas and a couple of fun spontaneous recognition awards with all staff across the organisation.

The Trust has an emerging leader programme which includes coaching, training, and developing its top talent. Managers also receive mentoring with senior leaders who have an open door policy where managers can get advice or guidance when it's needed. Petty Pool encourages managers to network with other organisations to support best practice.

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Law

Napthens LLP

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Napthens have multiple trained mental health first aiders, as well as providing mental health training to managers by external third party experts. External speakers include The Sleep Expert, Over The Bloody Moon, and My Happy Mind, who have spoken to employees about controlling their own mental health and those of their families and communities.

The organisation addresses pay reviews on a person by person basis, taking into consideration their contributions and efforts, once per year. It also offers a discretionary bonus scheme linked to performance in order to reward employees, which it does twice a year.

Napthens has rolled out its skills curriculum which allows employees to develop their softer skills throughout the year. The organisation’s leadership academy launched for its second year and it has seen the introduction of early career training groups and peer to peer groups.

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Recruitment

Masentó Group

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Weekly ‘Think Bigger’ teams calls with all employees highlight successes and celebrate the journey. Regular socials take place outside of work hours, where the team are invited to attend fun and competitive activities together. There are also two group holiday incentives per year, where the team chose where they would like to go together.

There are two company holidays per year and a chance for employees to win a luxury spa break for themselves and a guest. At Masentó Group's yearly AGM, it award its 'Top Billers' and 'Living The Values' winners with trophies, champagne, and a chance to win a luxury watch.

Masentó Group's leadership team are engaged on an 18-month programme of one-to-one coaching and group sessions with an external company. Some of the topics covered are the power of influencing, embracing discomfort, understanding the different personality styles of their teams, clear communication and being accountable.

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Not For Profit Body's

STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners)

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STEP champions continuous learning, providing study and training opportunities, and sponsoring relevant professional memberships, enhancing skills utilisation and creating advancement opportunities.

STEP offers a competitive total rewards package, including pay, flexible working, and a generous holiday allowance, making employees feel valued and treated fairly.

STEP prioritises employee wellbeing, offering comprehensive medical care, wellbeing benefits, and resources to support both physical and mental health, balancing work-life pressures effectively.

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Retail

HSL

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The HSL Cares Hub has a range of resources to support colleagues during the cost of living crisis, including monthly financial wellbeing newsletters on everything from how to access the employee assistance programme to how to make a claim on its health insurance. It has also introduced a financial Guru who runs education sessions.

HSL hosts a number of colleague 'surprise and delight' moments each year. These moments range from bringing in a fish and chip van offering colleagues a free lunch, hiring an ice-cream van in the summer months, celebrating Wimbledon with cream teas and a festive carvery lunch served to colleagues by the Directors.

A few members of the IT team have started apprenticeship schemes to develop skills and knowledge, which will be recognised through a qualification when complete. Similarly, colleagues within the Finance team are studying whilst working for a formal financial qualification. Furthermore, two of the logistics team are attending a IOSCM level 3 diploma.

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Financial Services

Scottish Friendly

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For Wellbeing Week in 2023 and this year, Scottish Friendly had a comprehensive diary of fun and practical activities including board and console games during lunch as well as more focused health sessions including massages, flu vaccinations and workshops on managing stress.

Scottish Friendly facilitates fun sessions when launching new initiatives or systems to enable colleagues to interact while providing breakfasts and snacks in the canteen areas where everyone can congregate. Its CS department has held fun challenges (such as Mario Kart competitions) and held competitions linked to sporting events.

The organisation seeks to reward colleagues through peer recognition, offering £50 per month to the winner. It is currently implementing a new recognition scheme whereby three winners will each get one days additional annual leave, plus £100 credit into their recognition pot which they can spend on vouchers, experiences, gifts or charity donations.

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Technology

ElectraLink

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ElectraLink offers performance based pay increases and performance bonuses which are divided into three tiers. Tier One is for every employee and is based on company profit, paying out up to 100% if targets are beaten. Tier Two is team based targets for joint goals, and Tier Three is individual targets.

The organisation strongly believes in the importance of developing its people. On an annual basis, everyone sits down with their manager to have a development conversation and produce Personal Development Plans. Those identified as future talent can also access additional funds and ElectraLink is currently supporting three employees through their MBA.

In 2023, ElectraLink introduced its Leadership Academy which is mandatory for anyone with line management responsibilities. It covers topics such as fair and inclusive recruitment, leadership styles, engaging your team, emotional intelligence, metrics, performance management, managing through change and building, and sustaining successful and high performing teams.

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Housing Associations

Brighter Places

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Brighter Places supports personal growth through initiatives like the Brighter Places University programme and traineeships. These efforts have led to one in four promotional opportunities and 50% of management opportunities being filled by internal colleagues.

The ethos at Brighter Places is one of collaboration, trust and respect, encouraging a sense of belonging and team spirit. The company actively fosters a blame-free and supportive working environment, ensuring everyone feels valued and part of the team.

Brighter Places offers a Flexi Benefit scheme of up to £700 for wellbeing, a 6.16% pension contribution, and 30 days of annual leave. The organisation also provides an interest-free loan of up to £1000 and up to 14 weeks of company sick pay, ensuring a fair deal for their employees.

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Construction & Engineering

CD (UK) Ltd

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The Health and Wellbeing team are all Mental Health First Aiders and they take action and lead the group. The organisation also has a Health and Wellbeing Strategy and Plan, which includes a calendar of activities to help team CDUK.

CDUK provides a profit-related pay scheme based on turnover and individual KPIs. It also has a Hero of the Quarter Award for someone who has best demonstrated the organisation’s values. It further gives Birthday and Long Service Awards, and has a thank-you portal to recognise help, support and hard work.

The organisation provides its staff with plenty of opportunities to support local charities and has a very active community group. It raise funds by doing various activities, including the Dragon Boat Race. It is also planning a litter pick for the local community later this year.

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Manufacturing

Innovia Films

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Innovia Films regularly undertakes salary benchmarking to ensure that employee wages are fair. In addition to this, all employees receive a Christmas hamper filled with festive treats made from Innovia Films’ products.

The organisation has implemented a set of training modules for its people managers to give them the skills they need to be more effective in their roles. Managers are given cross-functional projects to support and lead in order to challenge them in leading different teams and to improve their organisation-wide knowledge.

Innovia Films has an established Community Champions group whose role it is to lead the organisation’s charitable and community initiatives. This has included supporting the local youth centre and a number of local sports clubs.

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What are companies doing with regards to 'Fair Deal'

What affect will focus on the 'Fair Deal' factor have?

Petty Pool

Napthens LLP

Masentó Group

STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners)

HSL

Scottish Friendly

ElectraLink

Brighter Places

CD (UK) Ltd

Innovia Films

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