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easyJet plc
Annual report and accounts 2008
Corporate and
social responsibility
continued
Staff travel
Staff travel continues to be a very popular employee benefit
with 78,552 bookings made by employees with 129,248 seats flown.
This equates to a year on year increase on both bookings (by 10.2%)
and on seats (by 12.4%). The most popular route purchased by
employees was the Gatwick to Amsterdam route.
Go the extra mile awards
One of the key differentiators between easyJet and other low-cost
carriers is its people. Regardless of where in the business people are
working, they work hard and give their all. For this reason, easyJet runs
an employee incentive scheme called the “GEM” (Going the Extra Mile)
awards. The awards are designed to recognise employees who go beyond
what can rightly be expected of them in the role they are in. There
are two different types of GEMs which recognise different areas of an
employee’s contribution and these are matched by an exciting range
of rewards. This year, 152 people have been recognised with a GEM award.
E. Charitable donations
easyJet’s charity policy is to recognise and devote efforts to a single charity
each year. This year the charity, chosen for the third time, was The
Anthony Nolan Trust.
easyJet has worked with The Anthony Nolan Trust to help promote
the Trust, with activities including onboard collections, a click and give
campaign from the website, staff fundraising, being featured in the
in-flight magazine and other public relations activities. £528,266 was
raised to 30 September 2008 and the Anthony Nolan Trust received
coverage in European press, UK regional press and National television.
F. Ethical
easyJet is committed to the highest standards of corporate behaviour
from its Directors and employees. easyJet requires all of its people to
perform their duties with efficiency and diligence and to always behave
to customers and other people alike with courtesy and decorum.
easyJet’s procurement process has strong controls to ensure that any
dealings are open and transparent, and avoids any suspicion of conflicts
of interest. In particular, easyJet has specific clauses in each employee’s
contract of employment, which set tight rules in respect of accepting
gifts or gratuities. This year easyJet took the opportunity to reinforce
the ruling by refreshing and communicating the policy.
Gifts and gratuities
Some easyJet employees are sent gifts from various companies
throughout the year. The airline has a strict policy that prevents any
employee accepting gifts over a nominal value. Every Christmas (and less
frequently, at various times through the year) easyJet holds a staff raffle
of all the gifts that are received. Every employee across Europe is entered
into the draw and allocated a unique reference number. Numbers are
then drawn at random and winners have the gifts sent directly to their
home in time for Christmas.
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