Workplace
The wellbeing and success of our people is crucially important to Henderson &Taylor. We’ve developed values policies that are designed to help our people flourish and to ensure the health and diversity of the business as a whole.
Value and development
Attracting and retaining the right people is at the heart of our success. The set of principles that we work by include: we believe that people should be valued at Henderson & Taylor; we are innovative in our approach to recruitment; we aim to attract the very best people, from every walk of life; we want our people to consider Henderson & Taylor as a long-term career. This means providing competitive financial and non-financial retention tools; we enable all of our people to reach their full potential.
Appraised
All our employees should be clear about what’s expected of them and how well their performance matches these expectations. This is what drives our appraisal system for all employees. It involves a yearly performance and development reviews in which feedback is given as well as received. Reviews cover career aspirations and development planning, both of which are crucial to staff satisfaction. Henderson & Taylor also obtain feedback from employees through its employee survey.
Health and safety
We carry out work that could present a risk to the general public. Thus the importance of a consistent, structured approach to health and safety management, founded on rigorous risk assessment, supported by training and instruction and assured by a comprehensive process of monitoring and audit.
This robust, integrated approach has delivered a safety management system certified to the acknowledged best practice specification. The health and safety people ltd conduct a rigorous annual audit for Henderson & Taylor. We give the health of our workforce an equal priority and have implemented detailed programmes to provide regular health surveillance
Not discriminated against
Our workforce should be as diverse as the communities we serve. This doesn’t mean ticking off a specific list of qualities such as gender, religion or disability. It’s about inclusion and bringing together a workforce that reflects the society it operates in.
