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1. Pay a fair and decent wage, including achievement or commitment to pay the Real Living Wage to employees and those within their supply chains

> Employee financial wellbeing/in work poverty> Living Wage Resources> Become a living wage employer

2. Provide additional benefits to workers e.g. flexible working, discount schemes etc.

> Vivup Benefits> Employee Discount Scheme> Hybrid Working: Practical Advice> Benefits for Employees> Flexible & Hybrid Working> CIPD Benefits Fact Sheet> Timewise

3. Value and promote job security and job fulfilment amongst workers

> How to make your employees feel valued in 15 different ways> Contracts of employment

4. Have a zero-tolerance on exploitative employment practices with employment policies and practices that protect worker's rights.

> Transparency in Supply Chains etc. A practical guide> Living Hours> Working Rights

1. Provide a safe and healthy working environment

> The Health and Safety at Work Act Explained> Health and safety at work> Health and safety basics for your business

2. Provide health and safety training and representation for all staff

> Joining a trade union> The Importance Of Having First Aiders In Your Workplace> Why is health and safety training important?> Clear instructions, information and adequate training for your employees

3. Providing opportunities for workers to develop healthy lifestyles (including mental health, resilience)

> Mindful Business Charter> Health and wellbeing – Benenden Health> Workplace health: applying All Our Health> Health and wellbeing at work: a resource guide> ACAS – Health and wellbeing> Health and wellbeing at work

4. Effective practices in supporting people with health conditions and disabilities to maintain and progress their employment within their organisation.

> Guide for line managers: Recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition> Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition> Supporting employees affected by terminal illness> Dying to work> How to sign up to the Disability Confident employer scheme

1. Value and listen to employees

> Employee voice> Effective communication is key to your business’ success

2. Ensure employees have autonomy and a voice in the running of the business.

> Trade unions: current list> Informing and consulting employees (ICE agreements)

3. Inclusive practice that allows better access to work and progression and fairness in rights and conditions for all workers.

> Gender pay gap reporting: guidance for employers> Understanding legal definitions of discrimination and unlawful behaviour in the Equality Act> Discrimination> Equality Act guidance and information> Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the workplace

4. Promote fairness and trust across all levels of their organisation/business

> How to Build Trust in Remote Teams> Building Trust in Leadership Around the Workplace> Proven strategies for building trust in the workplace

1. Invest in training and developing the skills of the workforce to provide progression

> Workforce planning> Investors in People Accreditations

2. Provide high-quality apprenticeships that promote employment in priority sectors

> apprenticeships.gov.uk> Internships that work: a guide for employers> Employing an apprentice

3. Invest in the future workforce by engaging with education providers, providing early opportunities for work experience and quality apprenticeships

> Work experience: employer guide> Make investing in staff development your top priority in 2023> Investing in the Future of the Worker, not Just the Future of Work

4. Low skilled workers have opportunities to progress

> North of Tyne Combined Authority Adult Education Budget> Raising the Basic Skills of Workers in England, United Kingdom> CIPD: Knowledge hub> Career pathing: the new path forward> Talent management

5. Have a clear vision, values, strategies, and policies and processes that promote inclusiveness, health and wellbeing, equality and diversity and workforce development.

> Creating a skilled and inclusive workforce> What equality law means for you as an employer: training, development, promotion and transfer

1. Demonstrate social responsibility through effective procurement and contracting policies and practices, buying locally, and paying suppliers on time

> The economic impact of poor payment practice> A Startup’s Guide to Business Ethics and Social Responsibility> Corporate Social Responsibility – A Simple Guide> Spot the signs of slavery

2. Connect with customers in the local community

> bitc.org.uk> Four Simple Ways Your Business Can Support Its Local Community> 5 ways your business can give back to the community

3. Promote personal social responsibility; supporting workers to undertake community projects and volunteering that enables them to contribute to society and the economy

> Want a Better Workplace? Encourage Employees to Volunteer> 7 business benefits of employee volunteering> Employer-supported volunteering

4. Have a clear commitment to sustainability including a reduction in carbon footprint and policies that protect the environment

> Why sustainable procurement continues to be important> Green New Deal Fund> Become a carbon neutral business> Responsible sourcing – how to embed sustainability into procurement processes> netzeronortheastengland.co.uk

Extra Support

> bitc.org.uk> TUC – Workplace Guidance> Better Health At Work Award> Templates for employers

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