About
The Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) encourages employers to support defence and inspire others to do the same. The scheme encompasses bronze, silver and gold awards for employer organisations that pledge, demonstrate or advocate support to defence and the armed forces community, and align their values with the Armed Forces Covenant.
Gold award holders:
- proactively advocate and support defence, communicating their commitment both internally to employees and externally to the wider community through established policies and examples of support
- are positive to all service personnel during recruitment
- enable reservists to fulfil their annual training and mobilisation commitments and demonstrate significant support for cadet instructors, armed forces veterans (including wounded, injured and sick) and military spouses/ partners
- must be nominated for a gold award by a third party using the online nomination form
- collect their award at a prestigious national event, receive gold logos to display and are themselves displayed on the list of Employer Recognition Scheme award winners
- are required to sign the Armed Forces Covenant and employ at least one individual from the covenant category that the nomination emphasises