The company offers a contributory pension scheme to both full-time and part-time permanent employees. Membership of the scheme is offered upon the fulfillment of certain eligibility criteria.

We actively encourage and promote employee training and development as an important and integral part of the working environment. We believe that through training and development, we are better able to meet our business objectives and therefore are committed to the continuous development of all our employees.

Employees have their choice of medical insurance companies, as we have secured group discounts with both VHI and BUPA for all employees and their families.

Meals are provided for all employees in the employee restaurants. Uniforms are also provided free of charge to all operational employees.

As a benefit to our employees, the company offers discounted accommodation and food rates to employees wishing to utilise our services at an affordable rate.

Upon completion of a probationary period, employees are entitled to ‘death-in-service’ benefit. In the event that an employee passes away while in our active employment, a lump sum payment is made to the family or next of kin.

Above all, we are proud of our employees and we hold annual awards ceremonies to recognise exemplary performance and contribution to the company:

• Outstanding Employee Awards: Open to all employees, this award is a great honour and is given in recognition of the company’s appreciation for exemplary service.
• Graduate of the Year: This prestigious award is given to a member of our graduate programme in recognition of their commitment, their overall involvement and in recognition of their various achievements throughout the year.

The company provides a wide range of support in both financial and study leave terms, for those courses which are considered relevant or beneficial to your position or and agreed future position within the company.

• Tuition: Where financial support has been pre-approved, fees will be refunded to the employee by the company upon successful completion of each year’s course.
  
• Study/exam leave: For certain pre-approved courses, the company offers paid study and examination leave which varies according to the qualification being pursued. In the case of some qualifications, no study leave is granted but unpaid or accrued time off in addition to holiday leave may be granted.

All permanent employees of within Ireland are entitled to subscribe to the Group Specified Illness Cover Plan with Irish Life. With this plan, should you suffer any one of a range of serious illnesses, you will receive a lump sum payment of either €25,000 or €50,000 (depending on the plan option selected) to aid you with any unforeseen medical or other expenses.

We actively encourage local and regional social activities and our social clubs organise roup activities throughout the year and each hotel also regularly organises social events for their individual properties.
How do you hear about these activities? There are a number of ways in which we communicate with our employees including:

• Noticeboards - HR managers regularly post new information regarding the company’s policies and procedures, job vacancies, training opportunities and ad-hoc benefits on the employee noticeboard (normally located in the employee restaurant).
• JDNET - the JDNet is our company intranet which will give you access to all the information above as well as announcements on recent appointments, promotions, new property information and any upcoming events.
• The Scene - this is our in-house company magazine, produced on a quarterly basis. The Scene endeavours to be an enjoyable, informal, but informative read to keep everyone informed about what is happening in our company.

Just a few examples of some of the Work / life balance initiatives the company has introduced or is considering are:

• Flexible Working Conditions - job sharing, part-time work (ie three days a week), term time working and flexi-time working.
• Offering additional types of paid leave - wedding leave, paternity leave, compassionate leave.
• Facilitation of evening courses - for example: wine tasting, language courses, and basic IT skills.

The company may offer employees the opportunity to take a career break during the course of their employment with the group. A career break is a period of unpaid leave, which can be taken for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, travel, further education or voluntary work.

All employees within Ireland can purchase bus or train commuter tickets on behalf of our employees – tax free! This programme saves our employees up to 48% of travel costs as a result of Tax/PRSI savings with the added bonus of ticket being delivered directly to your office.