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FAIR WORK FIRST STATEMENT

FAIR WORK FIRST STATEMENT

Reidvale Housing Association is fully committed to advancing the Fair Work First criteria, as outlined in the Scottish Government policy to ensure high quality and fair working practices across the labour market in Scotland. Specifically, Reidvale will ensure:

We have an appropriate channel for effective employee voice

  • We recognise a Trade Union and encourage membership. We make available reasonable facilities for Trade Union representatives to work with their members. We engage in constructive dialogue with our employees and their Trade Union representatives to address workplace issues. 
  •           All of our employees are given the opportunity to input into our Business Plan, Objectives, our Policies and Procedures, Mission Statement and Core Values.

 We invest in workforce development

  • We conduct annual appraisals for staff to agree development targets and we offer both formal training and informal learning opportunities.
  • We fund further education courses for staff where appropriate.
  • We encourage employees to be members of relevant professional bodies and provide support for them to continue their professional development by attending forums, training courses and networking events. 
  • We are a member of SHARE who provide tailored training for HA staff.

We do not use zero hours contracts inappropriately

  • We have no zero-hour contracts in place.

We take action to tackle the gender pay gap and create a more diverse and inclusive workplace

  •   There is no gender pay gap within our organisation.  Our salary scales focus on the job, not the staff member, and provides a tried and tested system to ensure fair and transparent arrangements for pay. 
  •  We use bespoke grading guidelines which have been negotiated and agreed with the trade union. 
  •    We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.  We collect and review equalities information on applicants and employees. 
  •   We have a range of Human Resource and Employee Policies, which we regularly review and ensure our employees have access to these on our internal Intranet.
  •   We have reviewed and updated our Equality and Diversity Policy and Procedures.

We commit to paying the Real Living Wage

  •  Our bespoke salary scales are set and all our employees are paid in accordance with these.  The bottom points of the salary scales reflect the real living wage and are reviewed each year to keep them in line.
  • We are an accredited Living Wage employer.