Friday 04 July 2008

Employee Benefits

Wandle offers an employment package that compares favourable with other housing associations.  Our package includes:

• Salary:  the starting salary will normally be at the entry point of the scale quoted in the advert, rising to the basic point once a satisfactory probation period is completed. All pay scales are reviewed annually for any cost of living increase, payable from April each year. Wandle operate a performance related pay scheme of between 1% to 4% of annual salary. We also operate an annual bonus scheme linked to performance, which is paid at Wandle's discretion.

• Annual Leave: basic annual leave entitlement of 25 days, which increases by 1 day per year for the first 5 years of employment (up to a maximum of 30 days).  Wandle's offices close  between Christmas and New Year, which means staff have an extra 2 days at Christmas in addition to the public holidays. Part-time staff receive a pro-rata entitlement.

• Working Hours:  a 35 hour working week, which can be worked on a flexi-time basis (with flexi hours of 7am to 7pm and core hours of  10am to 4pm). Wandle's normal hours of work are 9:00am to 5:00pm with an hour for lunch.  Agreed working hours (including weekend and public holiday working) are agreed with Support Care staff.

• Pension Scheme:  all staff on contracts of 6 months or more are eligible to join the contributory Social Housing Pension CARE (Career Average Related Earnings) Scheme.

• Essential Car User Allowance and Car Loans:  £1,200pa plus mileage paid for essential car users and preferential rates for car loans.

• Season Ticket Loan:  staff who have completed their probation and who are not essential car users may apply for an interest free season ticket loan.

• Insurance Schemes:  In addition to the Permanent Health Insurance Scheme (PHI), Wandle staff also have a basic rate subscription paid to HealthSure (www.healthsure.co.uk) - providing a wide range of health care benefits and a confidential helpline  for stress counselling and legal, debt, household emergency and medical advice. Eye care vouchers are available as well as assisted eye care costs for VDU users.

• Sickness or injury: entitlements to sickness payments are:
  • during the first year of service - 1 month full pay and (after 4 months service) 2 months half pay
  • during the second year of service - 2 months full pay and 2 months half pay
  • during the third year of service - 4 months full pay and 4 months half pay
  • during the fourth and fifth years of service - 5 months full pay and 5 months half pay
  • after five years of service - 6 months full pay and 6 months half pay
  • where full or half pay is payable this will include any SSP entitlements.