Employee benefits

Discounts on retail and leisure, wellbeing support, flexible working arrangements and help to cope with caring responsibilities.

Get discounts on retail and leisure with Vivup Lifestyle Savings

Access more than 800 discounts from leading retailers on everything from food shopping to cinema trips, gift cards, fashion, travel and more.

Sign in to our employee benefits portal (Vivup website).

Guidance on how to sign up:

Find support to help take care of your wellbeing

Our Taking care of our employee's wellbeing page has lots of guidance and resources to help take care of your mental, physical and financial health. You can view it at any time from any device for access to support and information on:

our Mental Health First Aiders and employee counselling service
occupational health supports such as physiotherapy referrals
keeping fit and our colleague discount at OneRen leisure facilities
money advice from Advice Works, Energy Management Unit, Renfrewshire Citizen's Advice Bureau and the Renfrewshire Affordable Credit Alliance.

Visit our employee wellbeing hub.

Flexible working and a healthy work-life balance

We recognise that you may have personal commitments, responsibilities, and interests that impact upon your time and availability. To help you manage your personal circumstances, all colleagues can request a change to their working pattern through our flexible working policy from day one of employment.

Find out about our flexible working policy (Renfrewshire Council intranet).

Get help to cope with caring responsibilities

We have a well-established structure in place to help support our unpaid working carers. This includes up to 5 days (pro rata) paid carers leave during each calendar year, access to Carer's UK digital resources and our popular Carer's Connected forum for colleagues.

Get information about support for staff with caring responsibilities.

Support for menopause at work

We are committed to supporting employee wellbeing at every stage of life. Almost three quarters of our workforce are female which means many colleagues are experiencing perimenopause or menopause at any given time.

We offer a variety of supports and adjustments including menopause related paid leave to help you if you're experiencing menopause symptoms, or if you're supporting someone who is.

Find out about our support for colleagues with menopause.

Pension

If you have a contract of three months or more, you'll be automatically enrolled in the Strathclyde Pension Fund. Even if your contract is for fewer than three months, you can still choose to join the scheme.

Visit the Strathclyde Pension Fund website.

Employee volunteering

Employees participating in volunteering activities can request up to two days paid leave per year in line with the Council's Special Leave Policy.

Find out more about employee volunteering leave.

Get more information

Talk to your line manager to learn more about the full range of benefits available and check your contract to learn about any individual terms of employment.

Renfrewshire Council