Reservist leave
- Reservists get 10 days’ additional paid leave a year for military training, on top of normal annual leave. Cadet Force Adult Volunteers can use it for cadet camps and courses.
- Reserve service never counts against anyone in pay, appraisal, promotion, holiday or redundancy decisions.
- If a Reservist is mobilised, we keep their job open and reinstate them, in line with the Reserve Forces Act 1996 and the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985, with a return-to-work conversation when they’re back.
Fair recruitment
- Veterans and service leavers who meet a role’s essential criteria are guaranteed an interview.
- We advertise paid roles on the Career Transition Partnership’s jobs board.
- We read military roles, ranks and qualifications for the skills they show.
- Gaps or moves on a CV because of postings or deployments are never held against anyone.
- Our roles are remote-first, so a posting needn’t mean a military spouse or partner leaves the job.
- We make reasonable adjustments for service-related injuries and conditions.
- Each year we check that candidates with an Armed Forces connection are interviewed and appointed at least as often as others.
How we tell our people
Both policies are covered in every new starter’s first week and kept in our company handbook, and everyone gets a reminder each year around Armed Forces Day and Remembrance.
Our Covenant
Read our signed Armed Forces Covenant (PDF). We’re working towards the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
Questions
Email ben@benaiah.ai.