Do you want to support Salford Values by becoming a Salford City Mayor’s Employment Charter supporter?
The charter contains a suite of pledges, focused on three categories:
- Investing in the local workforce: creating training and employment opportunities for Salford people.
- Being an equal and inclusive employer: delivering and supporting workforce equality
- Setting the standard: adopting excellent working practices and conditions
Investing in the local workforce
Creating training and employment opportunities for Salford people, particularly those facing greatest disadvantage. Take a look at the SME apprentice employer toolkit on our business page.
Charter mark employers will:
- Employ local people - create and provide employment opportunities for Salford people
- Develop a skilled workforce - create and provide training, work experience and apprenticeship opportunities for Salford people
- Provide support to raise skills and aspirations in young people - work with schools and colleges to support curriculum development, the provision of careers and enterprise provision for pupils and young people
How can I show my commitment and what types of activities can you or your employer undertake?
For further information see our support and advice page.
Being an equal and inclusive employer
Take an active role in respecting and supporting workforce equality and inclusion.
Charter mark employers will:
- Actively promote equalities in workforce and address discrimination- ensure that sound policies and practice are in place around equalities and discrimination is proactively addressed
- Provide opportunities for Salford’s diverse communities - ensure that recruitment and other HR arrangements connect residents from Salford's diverse communities to the opportunities offered
- Reinforce good practice around equalities and diversity in your supply chain - respect the diversity of Salford communities through responsible business activity.
How can I show my commitment and what types of activities can you or your employer undertake?
For further information see our support and advice page.
Setting the standard
Helping to raise employment standards for employees and businesses across the city, working with employers, trade unions and campaign groups to promote the adoption of the best possible working practices and conditions.
Charter mark employers will:
- Use the Living Wage Foundation Living Wage as their minimum wage - pay staff or work towards paying staff the Living Wage as set by the Living Wage Foundation.
- Use good employment practices - create a positive working environment by valuing employee's hard work and commitment, using ethical contracts of employment, having sound policies and practices and decent working conditions for all employees.
- Encourage a healthy workplace - have clear policies and practice in place that promote and improve and health and wellbeing and address crucial issues such as staff retention and absence management.
What sorts of things can you do?
- Pay staff at or working towards as a minimum the ‘Real’ Living Wage as set by the Living Wage Foundation
- Become a formal ‘Living Wage Employers’ by seeking accreditation
- Operate fair contracting practices which exclude the use of zero hours contracts
- Having policies in place around diversity, attendance management, work life balance, volunteering, recognised trade unions links, Modern slavery and anti-blacklisting policy etc.
For further information see our support and advice page.
The Skills and Work team are able to offer advice and support. In addition they can link you to various partners, providers, services, schools and colleges across the city.
The Skills and Work team are also able to share relevant details on programmes, activities and services that can support your business to make that commitment to Salford. For more information or to ask a specific question please contact skillsandwork@salford.gov.uk.