To supplement our attractive and competitive remuneration package, we offer the following benefits:
Holidays
Full-time employees are offered a standard entitlement of 25 paid holidays per year in addition to 8 public/bank holidays. The entitlement is pro-rated during the first year of employment.
Family Provisions
We offer a range of benefits to help employees balance their work and family commitments. Provisions include maternity leave of up to 52 weeks, paternity leave of 2 weeks and adoption leave of up to 52 weeks. We also offer paid time off for pregnant employees to attend ante-natal care. The generous leave provisions are supplemented by a range of options for returning to work and we offer a Childcare Matching Service that is free of charge to all employees and designed to match their needs with available services in the local area.
Pension
New employees are eligible to join the Defined Contribution Section of the National Grid UK Pension Scheme. Employee contributions are matched by the Company on a 2 to 1 basis up to 5%. Employees can choose where their contributions are invested from the range of available options set by the Trustees.
Share Schemes
We offer employees the opportunity to become shareholders in the Company through our share schemes - Sharesave and Share Incentive Plan (SIP).
Give As You Earn (GAYE)
GAYE is a payroll deduction scheme that gives employees the opportunity to support charitable organisations from pre-tax earnings. Employees can choose to donate directly or via a charity account. National Grid pays the administration charges on the charity accounts set up by employees, so 100% of employees' donations are received by their nominated charities.
Matched Giving
We operate a matched giving scheme that supports individual employees in their charity fundraising efforts by matching up to £400 of their funds raised in each financial year.
Employee Community Grant
The Employee Community Grant scheme encourages and recognises significant volunteer work on the part of employees, enabling them to apply for a grant of up to £1,000 for qualifying organisations.
Educational Incentives
We promote the continuous improvement of professional standards with support for course attendance, course fees, books, examination fees, study leave, examination leave and professional membership fees.
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
The EAP is a confidential service that provides free professional information, help and support to employees, their partners and dependent children.
Personal Accident Insurance
We have a Personal Accident Insurance Scheme that covers all employees whilst employed by the Company. The scheme provides for a maximum benefit of 5 times pensionable pay in the event of a serious accident resulting in death (or a proportion of this for serious accidental bodily injury).