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Benefits and rewards

Coventry City Council employees benefit from the following:

• Annual cost of living pay rise.
• Progression through steps in pay grades to reflect experience.
• A fair pay structure.
• Relocation – for some posts relocation expenses are included for newly appointed employees moving into the City.
• Travelling - if required to travel as part of your job, then public transport costs are reimbursed or car mileage rates are paid.
• Car loan schemes are available at competitive rates of interest.
• Season ticket interest free loans for travelling to work by rail, coach or bus.
• Subsidised childcare scheme subject to household income criteria.
• Childcare salary sacrifice scheme.
• Voluntary healthy lifestyles cash plan scheme and private medical insurance.
• Personal accident insurance, holiday discounts and insurance.
• Voluntary health club memberships.
• Various discounts available at local retail outlets and restaurants.
• A final salary pension scheme is available to all employees who will be immediately brought into the scheme (but can ‘opt-out’ if choose to do so).
• Employees contribute 6% of pensionable earnings.
• The Council also contributes 13.8% of pensionable earnings to the employees' pension fund.

Pension benefits currently include:

• A tax-free lump sum when you retire.
• A guaranteed pension based on your final salary.
• The ability to increase your pension by paying extra contributions.
• Voluntary retirement at age 60 but the opportunity to work up until age 75.
• Death in service lump sum of two times your final pay.
• Index-linking to ensure that pensions keep pace with inflation.

Holiday provision

• Annual leave of 27 days, increasing to 32 days after five years service.
• 8 Public and statutory holidays in addition to the above.
• Flexi-leave – up to 13 days per year, plus the potential for an additional 5 days subject to time worked, where flexi-time is available.

We have a commitment to the health and wellbeing of our employees and offer the following:

• A smoke free working environment.
• An occupational health and counselling service offering health advice and confidential counselling.
• A health promotion programme providing free health checks, including blood pressure and cholesterol.
• Physiotherapy service.
• Well-being events.
• Stress management programmes.