Our work so far...
“One of our key focus points this year is on inclusivity and how we can make everyone feel truly welcome, at all levels across Animal Friends. We know this is a long-term project and there are no quick or easy answers, but we are passionate about removing every barrier we possibly can to drive positive change.” Tanya Johnson | Chief People Officer
4 Continuing to embed our AgileWorking policy, which this year is becoming ourWays ofWorking policy as we move away from the disruption caused by COVID-19 to a more settled state. We have had a lot of success recruiting new colleagues into fully remoteworkingwhichwe believe has offered more opportunities forwomenwho are more likely to have childcare responsibilities. 5 The ongoing roll out of unconscious bias training and refreshers to all managers, helping them to recognise where it may play a role in decisionmaking and how to take appropriate actions to remain inclusive. 6 Completing a series of successful voluntary leadership programmes, with 78% of the delegates being women. We have already seen evidence of them helping to empowerwomen to progress their career, with 25% of the women in these programmes already successfully moving into new roles since starting the course. With monitoring and analysis, we can feed data into our efforts and ensure we treat everyone fairly and consistently. 7 Continuing to encourage female talent across the business to explore roles and careers within IT. While this area is still largelymale dominated, a number of women have been supported in their personal development and transferred across to the team.
Since last year, we have implemented a number of key initiatives, each designed to address some of the inherent challenges still found within the UKworkforce and specificallywithin the financial services sector. We are passionate about listening to our colleagues, taking onboard their feedback andworking together to ensure our culture is one of fairness, tolerance and equality. Some of these key initiatives include: 1 Introducing enhanced pay for colleagues going on maternity, paternity and adoption leave. We believe this will encourage more women to see Animal Friends as a place they can build their career at any stage in their life. We will be reviewing this policy on an annual basis. 2 Supporting parents who experience a pregnancy loss with additional paid time-off. Wewant to be a truly family-friendly employer and support our colleagues when going through this difficult experience. 3 Investing in intelligent data, providing our talent acquisition teamwith access to demographic insights that enable a better understand our challenges and how to make improvements to our recruitment process.
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Gender Pay Gap Report 2021 – Animal Friends Insurance
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