Annual Report

Trade Union Representation & National Living Wage

To support our workforce we recognise the trade union,

Community. Community has a network of representatives

across all of our depots. From 1 April 2016, we adopted the

new National Living Wage. Although the National Living

Wage applies to individuals over 25, through working with

Community, we agreed to apply this rate to all employees,

regardless of age. With effect from April 2017 we will pay all

employees above the announced National Living Wage.

Additional Benefits

To further support employee engagement and support a

work-life balance, we have partnered with You at Work/

Plus You to provide employees with preferential shopping

and membership discounts across wide range of goods and

services across the UK. Employees are able to access these

discounts and special offers from home or at work via the

Plus You website.

Work-Life Balance

We offer an Employee Assistance Programme, partnering

with Unum LifeWorks, to support our employees with their

emotional wellbeing and work-life balance. This is a free of

charge service to support our employees with a wealth of

resources covering life, health, family, work, money and life

changes.

Flexible Working

We recognise the need for all employees to request to

work flexibly and we comply with all legislation in regards

to the Children and Families Act 2014. We have policies

and procedures in place to request and support flexible

working which are communicated to all employees and

people managers; all policies are available to all staff via our

company intranet. Each request in reviewed and considered

on a case by case basis and will be accommodated, where

possible, within business requirements.

Pensions

In November 2013, we auto-enrolled all employees on our

pension scheme, taking into consideration age and income

criteria. In addition, we rolled out a second auto-enrol

programme in 2016 in order to fulfil our legal obligation and

a further enrolment is due in 2019.

Strategic Report

Whistl Annual Report 2016

Corporate Responsibility and Our People