Stormforce Coaching Employee Benefits

This is a summary only. The personal employment contract, the staff handbook and the rules of a relevant scheme take precedence.

Membership of Southampton Sailing Club

Stormforce Coaching is a corporate member of Southampton Sailing Club; staff may sail and race from the Club using the companies' fleet of sailing dinghies free of charge.

Personal Development / Staff Training

Every staff member is eligible for £750 a year of external training. Specific training should be agreed with the Principal and should be of benefit to both the company and the employee. This training budget is in addition to the in house training that takes place.

Stormforce Coaching Courses

Subject to availability, staff may enrole on Stormforce Coaching Courses free of charge.

Friends & Family Discount

Friends and family of all staff can purchase courses, charters, holidays and races at discounted prices.

"Cash & Carry" Shopping

Having completed their probationary period, staff are eligible for a "Marco Card" which they can use for discount shopping.

Trade Price & Discount Shopping

Staff can purchase goods and clothing from our trade accounts at cost price. This concession is only open to staff buying items for themselves or their immediate family and may be subject to a minimum order size. Trade accounts include Musto, Gul, Gill, Plastimo, LDC, RYA Publications and Kelvin Hughes. Staff also receive discounts on all products at Andark Diving and Shamrock Quay Chandlery.

Childcare Vouchers

Stormforce Coaching operates a Childcare Voucher scheme. This is a ‘salary sacrifice’ scheme whereby the employee receives an amount (up to £243/month) of their salary in the form of childcare. This effectively makes part of their salary become non-taxable and exempt from National Insurance. The vouchers can be at used at most forms of childcare including nurseries, child-minders, nannies, before and after school clubs, holiday clubs, crèches and most play schemes. If an employee is already paying or about to pay for childcare this scheme will save them just over £75 a month.

Cycle to Work Scheme

Stormforce Coaching offers a “Cycle to Work” scheme for tax-free hire of bikes and bike safety equipment. This saves staff 32% of the cost of a new bicycle and accessories. Bikes can be purchased from any retailer in the UK up to a value of £1,000.

Bonus Annual Leave

After five years continuous full time employment with Stormforce Coaching staff will have earned an extra two days annual leave. After ten years continuous service staff will have earned a further three days (totaling five additional days) annual leave.

Extra Maternity and Paternity Leave

Following two years continuous employment with Stormforce Coaching any staff member who is eligible for Statutory Maternity or Paternity Leave will receive from the company an additional week of leave on full pay (to be taken within 12 months of the babies' birth).

Sick Pay

If staff are absent due to illness during their probationary period they will receive Statutory Sick Pay. After satisfactory completion of the probationary period, if staff are absent due to illness Stormforec Coaching will pay stautuary sick pay for the first one week they are ill, after which the company wil pay company sick pay equal to normal salary for up to one calender month. After 28 weeks of absence Stormforce Coachiong will assist staff to apply for Employment and Support Allowance.

Updated January 2012

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