Nursery World - Childbase staff to receive attendance award in extra paid leave

The Childbase Partnership is launching a scheme in January to reward employees for a perfect attendance record with up to ‘20 extra paid days off’ work a year.

Team Leaders Shamima Begum and Kayley Henry with practitioner Mariama Faal at Childbase Partnership's Crescent Day Nursery in Edgbaston, Birmingham PHOTO Childbase

The ‘Partnership Reward Days’ initiative is based on contracted hours worked in the previous three months, with full-time staff eligible for up to five days of extra paid leave in each quarter and pro-rata allocations for others.

Staff are also able to sell some of their extra days if they prefer a cash reward.

There are over 2,300 staff working at the nursery group, which operates 44 settings across England.

It has been an employee-owned company since 2017.

Emma Rooney (right), chief executive of the Childbase Partnership, said the new plan follows feedback from colleagues meeting the demands of occupancy rates across the company which average nearly 87 per cent.

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