Fair Work First Statement

Glen Oaks Housing Association is committed to the principles of the Scottish Government’s Fair Work First.

We care about the wellbeing of our staff team and are committed to ensuring that all of our people have a good work/life balance. One of our four strategic objectives is to be a great place to work and we demonstrate this aspiration by implementing the following measures:

We have an appropriate channel for effective employee voice

• We recognise a Trade Union and encourage membership. We make available, wherever possible, reasonable facilities necessary for Trade Union representatives to carry out their duties efficiently and communicate effectively with their members. We engage in constructive dialogue with our employees and their Trade Union representatives to address workplace issues and disputes.
• We carry out regular staff surveys and communicate the results and proposed actions.

We invest in workforce development

• New employees are supported with a structured induction programme.
• We invest in developing our workforce by having regular 1-2-1 meetings with all our team members to discuss their performance and developmental needs which is used to set realistic performance targets.
• All employees have a learning and development plan in place and we offer both formal and informal learning opportunities.
• We fund further education courses for employees where appropriate.

We do not use zero hours contracts inappropriately

• We do not employ any of our team members on zero hours contracts.
• We take action to tackle the gender pay gap and create a more diverse and inclusive workplace
• We are members of Employers in Voluntary Housing (EVH) and have adopted their Terms and Conditions and pay scales to ensure equality and transparency in relation to pay.
• We believe everyone is entitled to be treated fairly with dignity and respect. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and diversity in our roles as a housing provider and landlord, as an employer and in all areas of our business. Our Equality and Diversity Policy and its associated action plan is central to organisational governance and its objectives are applied to all organisational services.

We pay all employees the Real Living Wage

• We pay the Real Living Wage to all our employees.
• We offer a wide range of flexible, hybrid and family friendly policies which are available to all employees from the first day they join our team.
• As an organisation that has attained the Investors in People Silver Standard and is currently working towards Gold accreditation, we embrace the best possible human resource practice as a legitimate way to manage our employees.

We oppose the use of ‘fire and re-hire’ practices

• We are committed to working with our employees and Trade Union representatives to ensure there is effective consultation and negotiation relating to change.