JLP RETAIL: STAFF BENEFITS
Whatever your role, your pay range will be extremely competitive and reviewed in the light of your progress. In addition to your salary, you will enjoy an array of excellent benefits from the moment you join the company.
Paid holiday
The holiday entitlement is four weeks per year, rising to five weeks after three years (or in the case of IT graduate trainees, after promotion to programmer or trainee analyst). There are further long-service increases for most staff after ten or fifteen years. Managers, including graduate trainees, receive five weeks’ holiday from the outset.
Pension scheme
We offer a non-contributory final salary pension scheme, payable from the age of 60, to most staff who have completed the qualifying period of five years.
Life assurance
Our life assurance scheme pays a sum equivalent to three times your annual salary to your nominated beneficiary.
Discounts
After three months’ service, all staff are entitled to a 12% discount on most purchases from the company’s stores. This rises to 25% after one year’s service.
Subsidised dining room
In most sites, we provide a dining room where you can enjoy excellent food at very reasonable prices.
Holiday and leisure facilities
The business owns a number of residential clubs which offer subsidised holiday accommodation for staff with at least three years’ service.
Sports clubs
We support an extensive range of sports activities including football, netball, golf, skiing, sailing, squash, riding and gliding.
Ticket subsidies
Ticket subsidies of 50% of the cost of plays or concerts are available. Staff may also take advantage of corporate membership to bodies such as the Science Museum.
Education subsidies
We give generous financial support to staff who wish to acquire leisure skills or continue their education, e.g. through the Open University or evening classes.
Extended leave
Staff who complete 25 years’ service can enjoy paid sabbatical leave of up to six months.
Health services
We have an occupational health service staffed by full-time doctors and health advisers.
Financial help, benefits and discounted deals
In cases of particular hardship, we will help staff with a loan. We have also negotiated a range of benefits for staff such as discounted private healthcare and a car purchase scheme, along with a number of one-off deals with hotels and amusement parks.
Questions 22-27
Complete the sentences below.
Choose NO MORE TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the text for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 22-27 on your answer sheet
22. Pay increases depend on the ………………. that each member of staff makes.
23. Employees must work a minimum of ………………. to be eligible for a pension.
24. Staff may take a holiday at one of the ………………. provided by the company.
25. The company pay half the seat price for ………………. and plays.
26. The company gives financial assistance for both educational courses and ………………. as part of staff development.
27. Employees may be entitled to a ………………. if they find themselves in difficult circumstances.
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Answers:
22. progress
23. five years
24. (residential) clubs
25. concerts
26. leisure skills
27. loan
