Workplace & Wellbeing
The culture of VOW Wholesale encourages people to be the best they can. We recognise that our business will only create value if we have engaged, healthy colleagues working in good quality environments with access to appropriate levels of training and development.
Our Targets for 2020
Invest 10,000
hours in training
Investing a
minimum of £200,000
in training and development
Our targets
Training
Some of the ways we do this include:
- Percipio: Our new e-learning training and
development platform which holds a vast
number of online courses, books and video’s on
an array of professional development topics - Ongoing appraisals and personal
development plans - Management training
- 300 operational team members trained in 20
different skills using a site skills matrix - Shop floor to top floor programme, with
95% of our warehouse leaders starting on
the shop floor - VOW Hub: A online learning platform containing key information about products and brands enabling colleagues to become industry experts
Safety
We are pleased to hold OHSAS18001 accreditation, but we also recognise that managers and employees are vital to our health and safety. We believe strongly that everyone has a legal duty to co-operate in safety related matters and we make compliance with our safety procedures
Diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities
As an equal opportunity employer, VOW Wholesale is committed to observing employment legislation and the promotion of equality of opportunity.
VOW Wholesale is a Disability Confident Employer, which means we are committed to recruiting, retaining and developing disabled people and those with health conditions.
All employees and job applicants are given equal opportunity irrespective of their sex, sexuality, culture, race, religion, nationality, ethnic or national origin, colour, disability, age and any other factor.
We are committed to treating all our colleagues equally and fairly and in line with the Government’s commitment to tackle gender inequality, VOW Wholesale will publish data showing the pay gap between our male and female employees.
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