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Hi all,
I’m curious to find out how many companies pay employees a weekly / monthly “extra bit” for being first aiders?
It seems – some do, some don’t and others have various different perks such as end of year raffle for first aiders, shopping vouchers etc. personally, having first aid skills are a life skill and I think everybody should know the basics……
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Yes, my employer does. This is a long-standing negotiated arrangement and widely regarded as a suficiently rewarding 'carrot' (<£20 a month) to ensure we don't have gaps in provision of designated First Aid.
I'm entirely with you on the "life skills" issue mind.
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No pay, no perks.
We have more volunteers than we need. Those that volunteer generally say they see it as useful life-skill and the fact of the company providing the training in work time is apparently enough of a perk. That's why I do it, too.
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No pay where I am now - but my previous employer gave as £50 per year as a token gesture. The skills I have learnt as a first aider have outweighed any hardship incurred for which I am grateful to my employer for funding the courses (three refreshers now - OMG have I been doing it for that long!?!) for me.
No problem generally in finding willing volunteers whether they be male or female!!
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No pay ever for first aiding. Philips used to give a extra day holiday. RSA pay about £17 a month
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Nothing offered in current workplace, my old workplace paid an extra 25p per hour on the person hourly wage as an incentive and a thank you.
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This has been asked a number of times before and if I recall one of the more recent ones, there were 'cries of indignation' about those employers that don't pay, because of the extra responsibility etc. Some employers also pay fire marshal's.
'We' used to pay, firstly on a monthly basis and then later yearly in the form of vouchers close to Christmas. However, 'we' stopped doing this some years ago. A couple of first aiders got the 'hump' and stopped doing it but since then I haven't had ANY problem getting the volunteers that I need.
I have never even considered that I would be paid extra for doing either first aid or fire marshal duties, and I personally find it slightly curious that this should be any sort of motivation for people doing so. With first aid in particular; what a great opportunity to learn a 'portable' skill for the overall benefit of many, not just your employer and their employees.
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Yes we do £20 a month and I have just thought about for the very 1st time how much that is across all our premises!! A lot of money.......... well spent though.
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No pay, most people are qualified to at least basic level, some up to quite advanced.
However, it goes with the turf here.
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We pay them a nominal amount per year - £100. This is against my wishes but when I tried to remove it last year there was outcry. We have more than we need. So the compromise was they would get the payment so long as they attended 3 of 5 CPD sessions per year.
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No Pay or perks (except for free first aid training) with my employer.
Our sites had never reported problems in finding volunteers either.
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I inherited £50 per quarter but with recent changes to working conditions etc recently many have withdrawn their commitment!
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I think (but can't be sure) that my employer, a sizeable local authority, pays a nominal £2/week per first aider. However, it's possible that this payment might be at risk of being axed (if this hasn't already occurred) as part of many measures to cut costs in the public sector.
Also, I'm unsure if the scheme applies within my employer's schools where designated first aiders are rarely short of 'customers' through dealing daily with injuries, thankfully the vast majority of them being minor bumps and grazes, incurred during breaktime accidents in playgrounds. My impression is that schools have little problem in maintaining adequate complements of first aiders. Increasing numbers of my employer's schools provide emergency first aid training for all of their staff on an annual basis. Moreover, there seems to be an increasing trend for primary schools to arrange (optional) first aid training from external trainers geared for their older pupils. As first aid is a life skill which can be invaluable at any time for anyone, including older children, I think this trend is highly commendable.
p.s. With tongue firmly in cheek, does anyone know of any organisations which make payments to first aider chaperones of the sort suggested in the forum topic 'Gender mix of first aiders'?!!!!
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I work for a large bank made up of two heritage companies and up until 2010 one of the heritage companies paid an annual amount £140 whilst the other paid nothing citing valuable life skill and training costs and time covered etc (rightly in my view).
The £140 was withdrawn under 'harmonising' the arrangements and this has had an adverse effect on the continuation of first aiders in some areas - specifically those who no longer receive a payment.
Me, I'd happily become a first aider in these circumstances but there are those who will not volunteer now the payment has gone.
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I am aware that the local college pays each £10 a month when they are on the register. I did work in a company that paid £600 a year! Might I add that in that case one of the first aiders had to attend a serious situation (heart attack in a young man) and as a result handed her card in.
Currently one of my clients trains each of his 20 staff with a 3 hour emergency course as part of their annual training.
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We pay zero, and are unable to keep up with the volunteers list that keeps growing. It was suggested within the company that all supervisors had first aid; the supervisors rejected this so we requested volunteers. Have never had so many. We are never short of cover and still we get requests for training.
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