What are companies doing with regards to 'Fair Deal'

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

Fair Deal - How happy employees are with pay and benefits

Fair Deal itself doesn’t directly influence another factor. It’s classified as a hygiene factor. Sure, doubling everybody’s salary would make them happy but it wouldn’t make them feel any better about factors such as leadership and management.

Now although pay is not an engager, it is important that pay and benefits are at the right level as to not disengage employees further.

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Leisure & Hospitality

Lovat Parks

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Lovat Parks maintains a hands-on approach with its leadership frequently visiting parks and central offices. The company encourages openness and accessibility, enabling employees to comfortably share their thoughts, concerns, and suggestions. The management also ensures regular one-to-ones and reviews to focus on employee strengths.

Lovat Parks offers interest-free pay advances to all team members, with flexible repayment options. The company is a real living wage employer and offers all team members a 50% discount on any holiday booked on one of their parks.

The company's commitment to wellbeing is notable, with a structured plan focusing on workplace, financial, social, and mental wellbeing. Lovat Parks also offers an Employee Assistance Programme, mental health awareness training, and a Mental Health First Aider programme.

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Food & Drink

KP Snacks

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KP Snacks demonstrates its commitment to fair treatment through financial support initiatives in collaboration with Grocery Aid, offering financial grants and a one-off cost of living payment to colleagues earning £35,000 or less per annum.

KP Snacks' leadership ensures transparency and clarity through regular updates on the KP4ME portal and on-site townhall meetings. They promote organisational values and provide strategic direction, enhancing employee engagement.

KP Snacks' 'Community Heroes' initiative encourages employees to support local community projects. Additionally, the company's sustainable strategy, 'People & Planet', highlights its commitment to environmental responsibility.

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Insurance

Macbeth Insurance Brokers

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Macbeth's commitment to employee wellbeing is evident in their Group PMI scheme, which includes mental health support. They also provide EAP initiatives and have plans to appoint Mental Health First Aiders.
Being an accredited living wage employer, Macbeth ensures fair treatment of its employees. Performance is recognised through rewards such as Amazon vouchers, Star Player awards, and quarterly bonuses.
Macbeth is heavily involved in community support, sponsoring local charities, including Pride of Reading, Launchpad, RAMS Rugby, Bradfield Tennis Youth Academy, and Reading Family Aid, and encourages employees to volunteer. The organisations efforts include food donations to local food banks and sponsoring community events.
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Financial Services

Cubico Sustainable Investments

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Cubico Sustainable Investments ensures fair treatment of its employees by conducting annual salary reviews and external benchmarking. The unique target bonus scheme also allows employees to earn up to 150% of their target bonus, based on company, team and individual performance.
The organisation’s commitment to employee wellbeing is evident in their wellness workshops, access to the Calm app, and gym benefit. They also provide an Employee Assistance Programme for support with physical or mental health issues and financial difficulties.
Team spirit and camaraderie is encouraged through regular social events and activities, such as team quizzes, global competitions (like Cubico Has Talent), and quarterly socials, doing different activities for each social, including crazy golf, bingo and a Jack The Ripper Tour around London.. These initiatives foster a sense of belonging and fun within the team.
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Law

Talbots Law

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In order to maintain communication across the business, the CEO has monthly one-to-one meetings with the Heads of Department. The messages from these meetings are cascaded through weekly operation leadership team meetings and quarterly update meeting for all staff.
The organisation focus on its environmental efforts by providing instant cooled water for all staff and water boilers which use less energy than kettles. Its legal teams also have a paper light initiative to reduce printing and all staff have two monitors to assist with this.

As the firm is employee-owned, all staff are entitled to an equal profit share bonus each year. Employees also get gift vouchers on milestone birthdays, weddings and for babies. At Christmas, staff can choose a voucher or donate to a food bank. And there are plenty of sweet treats and free breakfasts at quarter end.

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Insurance

Reassured

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The organisation works with Health Assured, providing specialist information app which includes healthy eating, exercising and medical information. It also provides all employees with access to medicash for medical services and repayment for dental treatment and complimentary medical support. This provision also has access to a GP service.
Reassured’s Premier Club event is run three times per year and is to recognise top performance across all departments. The winners have the opportunity to go on an all-expenses paid trip to a chosen destination with cultural experiences provided. Places recently visited include Dubai, Milan, Madrid, and Athens.
Monthly Business Champions events help to drive team engagement with events including escape rooms, laser quest, theatre shows and meals. In the summer and at Christmas the organisation holds all company parties to bring the teams together and recognise achievements. They are held within a hotel with dinner and DJ.
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Technology

Nominet

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Nominet operates a recognition scheme called the ValYou awards. There are two types of awards – spot awards that managers can give to team members as a little and often reward that recognises the everyday things that people are doing, and the Stand Out, Leadership, and CEO awards for more significant recognition.
The organisation has launched “Being a Great Manager” which is a series of development modules designed to provide new and existing managers with the skills required to be a “Great Manager”. The sessions were made mandatory for people managers to raise the standards across each team and to reiterate the importance of the
Nominet’s Staff GiveHub provides all colleagues with the monthly opportunity to apply for a grant of up to £1,000 towards a charity or community group that they are closely connected to. Each successful application will see the employee’s chosen charity receive a donation directly from Nominet.
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Consultancy

Liaison Group

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At Liaison Group, the feeling of value is tangible. The company’s initiatives like the annual Company Days and Liaison Latte foster pride and connection among employees. Staff recognise their role in making a difference, reflected in the company's growth and success.
Liaison Group prioritises wellbeing through several initiatives. The Menopause Support Group, Employee Assistance Programme, and Mental Health First Aiders are a testament to their commitment to employee health. The 'Liaison Move' initiative promotes physical wellbeing.
The company's fair deal policy is evident in their decision to distribute over £170,000 among employees to offset increasing living costs. Regular pay reviews ensure fair compensation, and a charity was established to support staff in financial difficulty.
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Not For Profit Body's

Edinburgh Leisure

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The organisation offers all employees free access to its facilities. This includes access to swimming, a gym, classes, wall climbing, and play golf. It also offers free annual (and confidential) health checks. These give employees feedback on fitness, glucose levels, cholesterol and other health measures, and are conducted by trained gym staff.
The CEO shares regular email updates with employees, where she can highlight any key events and update on performance and completion of key projects. The organisation also has a fortnightly in-house online magazine called a Quick Ello. This is used to share both business updates and updates of personal interest (employee achievements, fundraising activity etc.).
The organisation’s 'celebrate' portal gives employees access to shopping discounts, a bike to work scheme, and childcare vouchers. All employees can use the system to send a card to a colleague to say thank you or to recognise great work - the cards are all themed around Edinburgh Leisure’s values and ways of working.
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Telecom

Daisy Communications

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Daisy Communications is committed to nurturing the personal growth of its employees. The company runs an extensive range of initiatives such as the Performance and Development process, the Spotlight on Development initiative and the Daisy Management Flight Academy, all aimed at utilising and enhancing employees' skills and preparing them for career advancement.
The organisation’s Fair Deal aspect is reflected in their Hybrid Working Policy, which reduces employee commuting costs, and the financial wellbeing initiatives that provide employees with necessary financial advice. The company also offers an employee discount site, Perkpal, to ensure their staff are getting the best value for their money.
Daisy Communications prioritises employee wellbeing with initiatives such as Stress Awareness Month and Mental Health Awareness training for managers. The company also offers free flu jabs and supports employees with their physical and mental health, balancing work and home life to prevent undue stress.
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