LITTLEWOODS
ORGANISATION PLC
Corporate
profile -
27000 employees
- Retail
and leisure sector
- Multi-site:
300+ sites
- Company
turnover: £2.5 billion
Key work-life balance initiatives -
Flexi-time - 62% of all employees work flexibly,
160 different shift patterns
for example at Sunderland - Term-time
working
- Annual
hours
- Home-working
- Enhanced maternity,
fostering and adoption leave
- Paternity
leave - 10 days paid
- Paid
family leave - 5 days paid
- Career
breaks
- Employee
information packs
- Partnership
nursery and playscheme places for staff children
Workforce
profile - 63%
female, 37% male: 20% board membership is female, 30% of senior management and
50% middle management
Business
benefits
Our employees are ambassadors for the company and are encouraged to be involved
in a range of community initiatives: for example, mentoring head teachers and
pupils from disabled and ethnic minority communities. 1% of pre-tax profits are
invested in community development initiatives, particularly economic regeneration.
- Our
community recruitment initiative at Oldham has trebled application rates, reduced
turnover to 5% and generated new customers, saving us £126,000 in the first year
of operation
- Our
Work/Life balance policies have:
Reduced
absenteeism | increased
loyalty and commitment | reduced
staff turnover reduced
recruitment and retraining costs | Increased
productivity and enhanced corporate image with customers and clients |
- Staff turnover
is only 1% at Sunderland
-
Overall, 98% of our staff returned from maternity leave 1998/99.
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