Armed Forces Gold Award 2020
Category: Ex-Armed Forces & Veterans
Armed Forces Gold Award 2020
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.
This year Tesco continued to have its support recognised by again receiving a Gold award. To receive this we had to meet the following criteria:
- Must have signed the Armed Forces Covenant
- Employers must have an existing relationship with their National Account Manager/REED/appropriate defence representative
- The employer should already be demonstrating support by receiving an ERS Silver Award
- The employer must proactively demonstrate their forces-friendly credentials as part of their recruiting and selection processes. Where possible, they should be engaged with Career Transition Partnership (CTP) in the recruitment of service leavers and have registered for the Forces Families Jobs (FFJ) portal
- Employers must employ at least one individual from the armed forces community category that the nomination emphasises. For example, an employer nominated for support to the Reserves must employ at least one Reservist
- The employer must actively ensure that their workforce is aware of their positive policies towards defence people issues. For example, an employer nominated for support to the Reserves must have an internally publicised and positive human resources policy on Reserves
- The employer must be an exemplar within their market sector, advocating support to defence people issues to partner organisations, suppliers and customers with tangible positive results
- Within the context of Reserves, the employer must have demonstrated support to mobilisations or have a framework in place. They must provide at least 10 days’ additional leave for training, fully paid, to the Reservist employee
- The employer must not have been the subject of any negative public relations or media activity
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