What are companies doing with regards to 'Fair Deal'

The company's values are central to its way of working and culture. The company has established a charitable trust which administers the company's donations of £100,000 per year to registered charities in the UK and overseas. Employees also visit various universities throughout the year to give lectures and presentations on planning and urban design topics.

Clear career progression is supported by policies and procedures for professional development. They have active training, appraisal and mentoring programmes in place to ensure employees have the opportunity to progress. Training needs are established by carrying out both performance and development reviews.

Progress Housing Group provides paid subscriptions for health shield, this enables staff to reclaim the cost of fees incurred for optical or dental treatment. Staff are also given access to an advice line and counselling services. On site men's and women's MOTs are conducted to encourage staff to follow healthy lifestyles. Subsidised gym memberships are available.

They are a social business, making a real difference to people's lives by providing a high standard of accommodation and healthy living conditions. They provide support to vulnerable clients i.e. the elderly, homeless or clients with learning difficulties. Staff help to raise money via the Race for Life & Moonlight walks.

The Morrison & Foerster Foundation was established in 1986 as a non profit organisation to help the partners make the best use of their charitable resources in each of the communities the firm serves. The Foundation encourages private giving by matching qualifying charitable contributions made by employees. These include annual matching gift allowances for personal donations to non-discriminatory organisations.

Counselling and assistance is provided for all employees with work related or personal problems that affect job performance. A wide range of leave options are also offered including adoption, family care, wedding leave and maternity returners are encouraged to take a return to work coaching programme.

The benefit package offers over 20 benefits to all employees. Key benefits include: free gym membership, right to buy additional holidays, life assurance policy, healthcare insurance, contributory pensions and as much free fruit as you like.

They are the primary ambassadors for a local charity. It is a charity designed to help identify, care and protect children who have suffered sexual abuse. Employees donate an amount of their salary on a monthly basis and Graeme matches this. Since sponsoring New Beginnings, the waiting list has gone down from 71 children to 7 but there goal is to get that wait down to 0.

Exceptional performance is always recognised at PPS. They have introduced a flexible benefits system which allows staff to buy pension, private health insurance or extra holiday.

All PPS employees are able to take a month long, fully paid sabbatical when they have been working for the company for more than 3 years.

Kimberly Clark is one of nine leading companies that will make up a new wave of partners to use the draft product carbon foot printing standard, currently being developed in partnership with DEFRA and BSI British Standards to establish the carbon footprint of Andrex® and Huggies®.

Well being practices include Diversity Council, flexible working policies, including home working, enhanced maternity/paternity options, on-site occupational health advisors (Live Well programmes), (ACAS facilitated) Employee Assistance programme and healthy eating programmes across UK sites, e.g. free fruit initiative

Directors are approachable, understanding and have a level of integrity that staff aspire to. At their Annual Practice Meeting they have a part of the meeting dedicated to "Ask the Directors". Questions are taken from the floor (with no prior coaching or prompting) and the Directors have to answer these questions truthfully and accurately. The questions range from business-related and strategic topics to humourous matters!

There is a dedicated team in place for managing the Training and Development aspect of the business. Staff workload is managed efficiently and accurately to ensure staff get the balance and variety of projects such that their technical skills and soft skills are developed to their full potential