Pay and Benefits

Coca-Cola Enterprises

Our reward programmes are regularly benchmarked against a select peer group of our major competitors and key players in the local market

Coca-Cola Enterprises is committed to paying above the national minimum wage in all the countries in which we operate.

We offer the following benefits to all employees in Great Britain regardless of whether they are full-time or part-time:

• Pension provision (following three months service)
• Life assurance
• Share purchase plan
• Maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Flexible benefits

Coca-Cola Enterprises also offers health care cover to around 42% of employees in Great Britain.

We recognize that different employees have different priorities. Our flexible benefits programme, Options can be tailored so that employees can meet their individual needs. This includes:

• Buying and selling holidays
• Purchasing additional life assurance cover
• Purchasing retail vouchers

It also gives access to tax savings offered by HM Revenue & Customs in areas such as:

• Child Care Vouchers

• Bikes to Work

• PC Purchase Scheme

Coca-Cola Great Britain

We want to give people benefits that are relevant to them and customised to their needs. For that reason, Coca-Cola Great Britain provides a mixture of core benefits and flexible benefits. Optional benefits for employees include:

• Healthcare
• Dental
• Childcare
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Additional holiday and insurance

We have a particular focus on the health and fitness of our employees. As well as a subsidised restaurant serving healthy food options, we have a free in-house gym run by a permanent fitness instructor. This provides:

• Free fitness classes
• Yoga
• Stretching
• Personal fitness challenges
• Free induction exercise

A group of employees represents Coca-Cola Great Britain on all matters of health and wellbeing. Their initiatives include:

• Meditation
• Stress busting treatments (including chair massages)
• Encouraging people to take the stairs and not the lift
• Stop smoking initiatives.

We give all employees an annual statement of the rewards they receive and can access. We also publish a brochure that gives full details of the process. Employees also have access to Edenred[LL1]  - an online benefits administrative site that gives employees the option of choosing their benefits. 

Flexible Working

Coca-Cola Enterprises

Coca-Cola Enterprises appreciate that most employees want to strive for balance in their lives. However, different groups may want or need different types of flexibility. All employees may request a range of flexible working options, such as:

• Flexible start and finish times
• Reduced hours

• Extended leave policies

Coca-Cola Great Britain

Summertime hours

As part of our drive to help employees achieve a good work-life balance, Coca-Cola Great Britain has an initiative that gives employees a longer weekend during summer. Over the three summer months of the year, they can work a four and a half day week.

Pensions

All our employees can enter our pension schemes. At Coca-Cola Great Britain, they are eligible from their start date. At Coca-Cola Enterprises, they can enter once they have accrued six months of service.

Pensions are held in funds separate from the Coca-Cola System's financial assets. The fund is looked after by Trustees, who have the legal requirement to act in the best interest of members. Employees' pensions are secured by purchasing an annuity from an insurance company.

• At Coca-Cola Enterprises, employees have the option to contribute at various rates and can amend their contribution level annually - paying in at 3.25%, 5%, 8% or 10% of their salary

Dealing with redundancies

Coca-Cola Enterprises and Coca-Cola Great Britain redundancy practices conform to legal requirements and offer an additional package of support, including outplacement.