Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits and compensation package to ensure that our employees and their families are able to enjoy peace of mind and a balanced lifestyle. From compensation studies we feel it is the best package in the South East.
Salaries are reviewed annually to ensure that Sun Life Ireland Information Services Ireland Ltd. offers market-competitive pay. By consulting technical salary surveys, evaluating market trends, monitoring your contribution and adjusting your salary accordingly, we will ensure that you are receiving the salary you deserve for the role and responsibilities you undertake.
Since Sun Life Ireland opened operations in Waterford we have offered every employee the opportunity to participate in our Annual Incentive Plan. The Plan reqards employees for both Company and individual performance during a calendar year and is paid annually in March.
Sun Life offers employees the opportunity to invest in our approved share purchase scheme. Full details of the Share Option Scheme will be available to employees when they commence employment.
Upon completion of the six month probationary period you will be invited to join our Company Pension Scheme. In this plan the Company will contribute 6% of your salary into a retirement fund, matching an employee contribution of 5%. Within this defined contribution scheme a range of investment options is offered. You will then be entitled to a tax-free cash sum at your retirement date, and a pension payable to yourself for life.
We offer a choice of Health Insurance from BUPA, VHI or Vivas so that employees can choose the provider that most suits their needs. This is provided to employees and their dependants on a 50% cost share basis.
Each employee is covered on commencement of employment for three times their basic salary.
In addition, your partner or other nominated dependants will continue to receive a pension of 30% of your salary from your retirement fund.
The Company has a Long Term Disability Benefits Plan to provide for two thirds of your annual salary to be paid to you if you are absent from work for a period in excess of 26 weeks due to injury or illness.
For absences due to illness, the company will pay your full salary for the first thirteen weeks in a rolling twelve-month period. This benefit is at company discretion.
We are committed to enhancing the work/life balance of our staff. Within our Software departments and our support functions our flexible working system affords staff discretion in managing their hours of work. Our core hours are from 10.00am to 4.00pm, with flexibility operating outside those hours. Staff can take hours they have built up over a period at a later stage. Employees working in our Business Operations and Helpdesk areas work on a shift basis where notice of working arrangements is given up to 3 weeks in advance.
In addition to the standard 20 days holidays provided by legislation, we offer 2 additional days holidays per calendar year upon commencement of employment. Your holiday entitlement continues to increase to a maximum of 25 days in recognition of your service.
We are committed to supporting the continuous development of our staff. Should your undertake education that is deemed relevant to your role and responsibilities Sun Life reimburses 75% of the cost of tuition fees and provides for study and exam leave for approved studies.
The Company offers each employee an easy and convenient way to purchase a personal computer of their choice by means of repayments which are deducted through payroll over a set period of time. This scheme is subject to Benefit in Kind tax.
HSA is our group medical insurance scheme which covers day-to-day medical costs. Should an employee decide to join the HSA, the cost will be processed directly through Sun Life’s payroll.
The Sports and Social club is open to all employees and is a great way for our various teams in the organisation to get together once in a while! The Sports and Social Club is financed 50% by the Company and boasts a wide range of events to suit all types of people.
At Sun Life Ireland we strongly believe in rewarding people for a 'job well done'. Therefore, our Reward and Recognition programme ensures that our employees are recognised company-wide for their efforts. Recognition includes individual and team vouchers for outstanding contribution ranging form €50 to €1,500, as well as visibility throughout the organisation.
