REWARD AND BENEFITS

There is a wide range of benefits and facilities available to permanent and fixed-term contract employees of the Royal Household.

These include the following:

• Eligibility to join the Royal Household Stakeholder pension scheme and receive a 15% employer contribution to a portable pension, death in service cover (four times salary), and ill health cover after six months' service
• 25 days' annual leave rising to 30 days after 10 years' service (pro rata for part-time or fixed-term contracts)
• Excellent staff dining facilities at Buckingham Palace. Staff at all sites are provided with a free lunch each working day
• Supportive sick pay and family-friendly policies
• For those who are eligible, subsidised accommodation and housing, for which an abatement is charged
• 20% discount in all Royal Collection Shops and 10% discount in Windsor Farm Shop
• Complimentary tickets to Royal Ascot and other Ascot meetings
• Complimentary tickets to the occupied Royal residences and galleries
• Employee Assistance Programme (independent information and counselling service) open to all employees and their immediate family
• Eligibility to join sports and social clubs.