Staff Benefits

Employee Benefits
We provide a wide range of benefits, these include:

Working week
Your working hours are 35 hours per week except for Chief Officer grades where a reasonable hours contract subject to Working Time Directive applies.

Flexible working hours
Depending on the type of work you do and the needs of the service, office based employees can vary their starting and finishing times provided core hours are maintained.

Leave
You will be entitled to the following leave, which is largely determined by your length of service.

Less than five years continuous service	More than five years continuous service but less than 10 years	More than 10 years continuous service
25 days per annum	28 days per annum	31 days per annum

You will also get public holidays and an additional two days normally taken at Christmas time unless the service needs require you to work. If you have to work during this period, additional leave days will be credited to your normal leave entitlement. You may also carry over five days leave from one leave year to the next or with agreement anticipate five days leave from the forthcoming leave year.

Paid and/or unpaid maternity, parental and adoption leave may be granted depending on length of service.

We have flexible leave schemes available to all employees allowing you to take up to one year’s absence from work as a mix of paid and unpaid leave. Alternatively, you can accumulate up to 10 days leave each year (up to a maximum of 30 days) to be taken at a later date providing you have agreed this with your manager and subject to Terms and Conditions.

We also have a career break scheme, which allows you to take an unpaid career break of between six months and three years with guaranteed employment on return. This is open to all employees who have been with us for more than 12 months.

Pension Scheme
You can take advantage of our Local Government Final Salary Superannuation Scheme or continue to maintain your own personal pension. Ealing Homes contributes 20% of an employee’s salary to the scheme. Ealing Homes will not make any contributions to personal pension schemes.

Sick Pay
If you are sick, we pay a combination of full and half pay for up to 12 months sickness absence. The amount we will pay is subject to your length of service.

Loans
Interest-free loans are available for the purchase of season tickets. We also provide financial support for vocational training and short courses.

Training and Development
A minimum of 20 hours training and/or development is available each year with up to five days study leave available for approved courses.

Employee help-line service
This confidential help-line service is available to all Ealing Homes employees and their immediate family. It is an independent and professional external counselling service that is there to help with any personal difficulties you may have.

Employee benefits
If you work in Westgate House, you will have access to a local gymnasium and a range of classes for which a small charge is made.