Employment
The Workplace:
JJB applies the same level of corporate social responsibility commitment towards all its own workplaces thereby ensuring a safe and healthy, yet challenging and rewarding work environment. JJB has a Code of Practice on Socially Responsible Trading, a Health and Safety Policy, and an Equal Opportunities Policy, together with high standards of employment practice. These policies, together with high standards of employment practice. These policies, together with store work procedures are set out in the Retail Operations Manual at each store. The Company's policies are designed to value the human rights of all employees, whether directly employed, sub–contracted or employed within the supply chain.
Employees
The Group currently employs colleagues in UK and Eire and is proud of its record as a responsible and valued employer. JJB is an equal opportunities employer and respects the following key values.
JJB operates a policy of internal recruitment where applicable.
Employees should be treated fairly and equally and the workplace should be free from discrimination, harassment and intimidation.
Recruitment, retention and progression of employees is based solely on personal ability and competency for the work in question; and
Disabled persons should enjoy equal opportunities within the workplace.
Within the Distribution Centre, members of staff are offered the opportunity to take NVQs in Team Leading/Business and Adminstration and Storage and Warehousing as per applicable to their particular role, and are offered further in-house training and the potential for NVQ second levels.
Training
JJB take the training and deployment of all colleagues within all the stores in UK and Eire and its Retail Support Centre in Wigan very seriously. The trainers within the group have resonsibility for the induction of store personnel in new procedures, and new techniques and processes. Training methods vary from daily job training to weekly training sessions, video training, team briefings, supplier led training and resedential training courses. The Group also supports, financially, those employees wishing to obtain the relevant professional qualifications.