Employment Benefits

A Sustainability Indicator, especially a socially focused one, but which often includes economic and environmental aspects.
• Brief Description: This might be a quality rating as well as being quantitively based. Encouraging workers into an organisation and then retaining them will often require a range of benefits. Economic benefits might be subsided health care, childcare, gym memberships, contributions towards the purchase or running of a car, provision of a car – especially electric vehicles, discounted travel (for example on trains or buses), regular education and training course funding. Social benefits might be having a more flexible work-life balance, flexible working hours, working from home, mental health and welfare support systems, increased community involvement, lifelong learning opportunities, increased employee involvement in decision making, improved diversity and equality practices, extended holiday allowances, demonstrating ethical practices by the organisation. Environmental benefits might be supporting and subsidising green energy at home and work, active waste minimisation processes and practices, promoting more sustainable travel (especially for business requirements), reducing carbon footprint of business processes and practices, reducing overall environmental impacts, promoting environmental practices.
• Relevance to sustainability: Employers who can provide a range of benefits, especially where they are sustainably focused, will be more likely to attract and retain staff, improving the viability and long-term success of the organisation.
• Unit of Measure: Rating scale (1 - 10).