VocaLink

The ‘Pennies from Heaven' scheme allows employees to donate the pennies from their salary to charity. Monthly salaries are rounded down and the most anyone can give a month is £0.99. VocaLink also ask employees to vote for a new charity each year, with the current charity being Cancer Research UK. One Friday per month is allocated to charity fundraising. The company also allocate a number of colleague days per year for employees to book and fundraise for a charity of their choice. VocaLink is committed to helping to strengthen its surrounding communities and encourage their employees to get involved in their communities through volunteering. All permanent and fixed term contractors are entitled to one volunteering day per year. VocaLink have also formed a partnership with Pilotlight, a not for profit organisation who match directors from charities and social enterprises with teams of senior business people to plan for sustainability, development and growth. The company have nine members of their Executive and Senior Leadership Team who are working as mentors and coaches with charities across the UK, providing their business and personal experience to develop strategic and business plans.

In addition to their extensive pay and benefits package, performance related bonuses and intangible benefits such as flexible working and a great working environment, VocaLink also have an employee recognition scheme that seeks to reward employees for efforts that are over and above their usual role. The recognition award scheme is directly linked to the company behaviours of commercial, courageous, collaborative, transparent and respectful. Anyone across the business can nominate their colleagues against one or more of these behaviours through the recognition portal. As each nomination is made with supporting information, a post is made on the intranet which contains all the details of the nomination and is available to 'like' and comment on. All the nominations are then assessed by a panel made up of colleagues from across the business. Three nominations per month are crowned 'winners' and in addition to the immediate recognition from the nomination itself, these employees are awarded £100, which can be redeemed at a range of shops and restaurants. In addition, teams of people that are nominated could win a quarterly prize of up to £500 towards a team celebration. Each year three 'overall' winners are selected by a panel to receive £1,500. The scheme is regularly reviewed and refreshed to ensure that it is in line with our behaviours and the needs of all employees.

In addition to their extensive pay and benefits package, performance related bonuses and intangible benefits such as flexible working and a great working environment, VocaLink also have an employee recognition scheme that seeks to reward employees for efforts that are over and above their usual role. The recognition award scheme is directly linked to the company behaviours of commercial, courageous, collaborative, transparent and respectful. Anyone across the business can nominate their colleagues against one or more of these behaviours through the recognition portal. As each nomination is made with supporting information, a post is made on the intranet which contains all the details of the nomination and is available to 'like' and comment on. All the nominations are then assessed by a panel made up of colleagues from across the business. Three nominations per month are crowned 'winners' and in addition to the immediate recognition from the nomination itself, these employees are awarded £100, which can be redeemed at a range of shops and restaurants. In addition, teams of people that are nominated could win a quarterly prize of up to £500 towards a team celebration. Each year three 'overall' winners are selected by a panel to receive £1,500. The scheme is regularly reviewed and refreshed to ensure that it is in line with our behaviours and the needs of all employees.