Loyalty Awards - Recognition

Recognition of 25 years Continuous Service

Assistant Directors will be notified of all employees within their department who are due to complete 25 years continuous service with Sefton in the following year.  

Assistant Directors will be notified of all employees within their department who are due to complete 25 years continuous service with Sefton in the following year. 

On the anniversary of an employee achieving 25 years continuous service with Sefton he/she shall be awarded as a one off:

-  5 additional days (pro rata for part-time and job-share employees) loyalty leave to be taken within a two-year period from the date of the 25 years anniversary.

• In the event of the employee leaving the Authority before taking advantage of the loyalty leave, the leave would be forfeited.
• In no circumstances will payment in lieu of this leave be made.
• Loyalty leave should not be confused with annual or other leave in order to avoid any detriment at the end of the leave year with respect to the carrying over of leave under the Council's policy.

 -  Assistant Directors should make arrangements for the employee to receive a corporate letter of recognition, which also advises the employee of the additional days Loyalty Leave.  The template letter is sent from Corporate Personnel to the employing department as the employee approaches their 25-year anniversary.

(NOTE: In the case of staff employed in schools the matter of 5 days Loyalty Leave would be at the Governors discretion).  

On Leaving  

An employee with 25 or more years continuous service with the Council leaving by reason of retirement or redundancy will receive a one-off payment of £150 which will be paid into the employee’s bank account.  Please note that this payment is subject to Tax and NI deductions.

Departments are responsible for completing the attached application form 3 months prior to the employee’s leaving date to ensure that sufficient time is available for the payment to be processed.  The form, signed by the Assistant Director, should be returned to the Corporate HR Department.  Departments are also responsible for funding the loyalty award. 

Where an employee's service falls just short of the qualification period, the Assistant Director has discretion to authorise an award in meritorious cases.

(Note: This policy applies to employees who have died in service and have 25 or more years of continuous service with Sefton).

Loyalty Award Form	(word 401KB)
Loyalty Awards/Recognition Policy to download	(pdf 156KB)