Best Companies Factors: Fair Deal

Marsden Building Society

Through colleague nominations and bi-monthly awards, the organisation celebrates its people. The colleague who wins gets a £100 voucher, 2nd place gets a £50 voucher, with runners up each getting chocolates. All colleagues who have been nominated receive a copy of their nomination, including the detailed comments sent in to support it.

Teams at Marsden Building Society are brought together through a range of activities, including: Halloween treasure hunts around the office, sending photos through once sweets have been found; seed growing competitions; “Rate my plate” competitions where colleagues can send in photos of their food to compare with their peers, and much more.

To support employee wellbeing, all colleagues have access to Lifeworks, an online wellbeing platform that offers resources and tools to support wellness and an Employee Assistance Programme which is anonymous, confidential, and available 24/7. The organisation has also introduced an annual leave purchase scheme to enable colleagues to buy five additional days leave per year.

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Roadchef

Roadchef cares for its employees’ wellbeing through a number of initiatives, including trained mental health first aiders at every site; an Employee Assistance Programme in place to offer confidential support to all employees; hardship loans; wellbeing messaging and weekly national focus reinforcement through the Roundup newsletter; community pantries; and breakfast clubs.

Roadchef has a number of tiers of structured development in place including apprenticeships, the Fastlane Management Development Programme, the Leadership Highway Programme, the High Potential Development Programme, secondments, and ad-hoc Executive Coaching.

The organisation offers Extra Responsibility Pay to recognise when individuals step up to cover/support another role. Some ad-hoc bonus payments have been made to reward employees for their contribution and hard work. Employees further have access to Wagestream, providing the ability to draw down on wages earlier, supporting stress and anxiety around finances.

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Leisure & Hospitality

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Rickard Luckin

Last year’s social calendar saw Romford Dogs evening, a Summer Team Building event and a Christmas Party. Peppered around these large events were regular football sessions, and payday breakfasts and lunches.

Through the Rickard Luckin Development Academy, the organisation provides a blend of technical, business and soft skills development content. At the heart of this is the RLPDP, its Learning Management System, which provides a blended learning environment with learning tools and resources.

At the annual Rickard Luckin Awards, the organisation provides an opportunity to celebrate the team’s successes. Anyone can nominate anyone else within the firm, and an independent ‘nominations panel’ decide who is the winner. As well as the team-wide recognition at the awards ceremony, award winners receive a trophy and a £250 gift card.

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Operam Education Group

Operam Education Group is committed to fostering innovation and maximising potential. It offers personal growth opportunities through its 'Career Journey' programme, which is bespoke to roles within the business. In addition, there's an 'Inspiring Leadership' course, Graduate program, and interdivisional mobility to support career development.

Operam Education Group values fair treatment of its employees, offering a range of support for personal circumstances. It provides private healthcare and implement the 'Step Up' sales competition, which offers a range of prizes for reaching set goals, demonstrating OEG’s commitment to rewarding its colleagues.

Operam Education Group encourages team spirit and a sense of belonging through several initiatives. These include competitions, virtual meetings, coffee mornings, away days, and team dinners. The company also introduced a 'Day in the Life' feature to promote interdepartmental understanding and camaraderie.

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Edinburgh Leisure

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 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.

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.).

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Delt Shared Services

Delt Shared Services encourages personal development through a 450% increase in learning opportunities, offering fully-funded courses and an extensive online learning platform. This empowers employees by enhancing their skills and providing advancement opportunities.

Delt Shared Services prioritises employee wellbeing with a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and access to a wellness portal. This focus on mental health and work-life balance supports personal health and enhances performance.

Delt Shared Services offers a competitive benefits package, including a £2000 referral bonus and discounts at top supermarkets. This approach ensures employees feel valued and fairly compensated, fostering a positive workplace environment.

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Bristol Airport

Bristol Airport offers a competitive benefits package, including private medical insurance, a reward and recognition portal, and a performance-related bonus scheme, ensuring employees feel valued and fairly compensated.

The Airport's commitment to giving back is evident through its charity fundraising efforts, including support for the Great Western Air Ambulance charity, and volunteer days, enabling employees to actively contribute to their community.

Wellbeing is prioritised through initiatives like the Employee Assistance Programme and private medical insurance covering mental wellbeing. Flexible working options and a comprehensive set of family-friendly policies help employees maintain a healthy work-life balance.

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Leisure & Hospitality

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Association for Project Management

Association for Project Management organises a range of team building activities, including quizzes, face-to-face training, and fundraising events (which always involve cake!). Employees are also regularly invited to departmental away days, wellbeing coffee mornings, and team volunteering opportunities to encourage team bonding and creative thinking.

Association for Project Management has a performance related pay scheme (PRP) open to all staff upon completion of their probationary period. PRP rewards employees for achieving their personal objectives which have been cascaded down from corporate objectives thereby contributing towards the aims of the organisation.

Creating clarity has always been a priority for the Leadership Team. Town hall meetings, CEO open door sessions, intranet updates, away days, knowledge share events, departmental meetings, and CEO monthly emails are all effective and popular ways of communicating utilised by Association for Project Management to create clarity for staff.

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Sapphire Balconies

Proactive learning and development are integral to the employee journey at Sapphire Balconies, offering cross-collaboration opportunities that empower team members to utilise their skills and advance their careers, aligning personal growth with the company’s innovative ethos.

Employees at Sapphire Balconies benefit from generous compensation packages and an attractive benefit programme, including health and wellness perks, ensuring fair treatment and competitive advantages compared to similar organisations.

Sapphire Balconies promotes a collaborative and enriching work environment, driven by a diverse workforce that values different perspectives, thereby enhancing team spirit and fostering a strong sense of belonging among colleagues.

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Scottish Building Society

The Society hosts biannual Colleague Conferences, promoting team spirit and camaraderie. Employees from across six locations come together for these events, fostering a strong sense of belonging and unity.

The Society shares its strategic priorities, values, and behavioural framework with employees during annual offsites. This approach ensures transparency and trust in leadership and aligns all colleagues with the Society's journey.

The Society introduced new pension and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes, improving their benefits offerings and showing a commitment to fair treatment of employees.

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Financial Services

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Fairness Counts

Marsden Building Society

Roadchef

Rickard Luckin

Operam Education Group

Edinburgh Leisure

Delt Shared Services

Bristol Airport

Association for Project Management

Sapphire Balconies

Scottish Building Society

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