Jollyes introduces enhanced people support and hiring measures
Jollyes has introduced a range of new and improved people support measures for its team members.
From next month, the pet retailer’s employees will be entitled to enhanced paid maternity leave of six months, up from six weeks, while paid paternity leave will double to four weeks, up from two weeks.
It has also introduced fertility leave for two days of each IVF cycle, alongside neonatal leave and baby loss leave.
Jollyes people director Claire Goldenberg said: “The early response from Jollyes employees to our enhanced parental policies has been fantastic – with the introduction of baby loss leave particularly striking a chord.
“As a working mum myself, it was very important to me that Jollyes parental policies stood alongside the best in the industry.
“We are committed to our goal of being one of the best employers in retail. That’s why we wanted to ensure our parental policies was one of many reasons our people would want to build a long-term career with us – not the other way round.”
The retailer has also teamed up with financial wellbeing app WageStream to enable employees to financially plan and has partnered with The Retail Trust to launch the organisation’s Happiness Dashboard. This gives staff a personalised dashboard where they can access tips and tools to help ‘find their happy’ at work.
With 109 stores and over 1,250 colleagues, Jollyes has also revamped its careers portal to support its growth plans. As part of this, it has partnered with organisations like over-50’s recruitment platform Rest Less, and the Fair Chance Business Alliance, which specialises in finding jobs for people with criminal records.
Jollyes has also pledged to guarantee any ex-servicemen and women a job interview through its new partnership with the Armed Forces Covenant.
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