The benefits offered by London City Airport:
- Defined contribution pension scheme with salary sacrifice option. Employer contributions range from 4% to 10%, depending on length of service.
- Employer-paid private medical insurance (PMI) for all employees after five years' service. After 10 years, they receive family PMI cover. Any employee can purchase PMI at a reduced rate in their first five years of service.
- Employer-paid health cash plan for all employees, provided by Medicash, which includes cashback for optician and dental appointments.
- Wellbeing hub which offers financial, mental and physical wellbeing support including workshops, information, employee assistance programme (EAP), and counselling services.
- Onsite trained mental health first aiders.
- Critical illness policy which provides full pay for 12 months for a number of critical illness conditions.
- LCY Central online benefis hub, provided by Reward Gateway, which hosts a range of benefits, for example money off or cashback at multiple retailers, as well as bespoke benefits such as discounts at online concessions at the airport and local gyms.
- Salary sacrifice car leasing scheme, provided by Tusker, available to all employees.
Work/life balance or family-friendly policies
- Working Flexibly policy which enables non-operational roles to adapt their work to any schedule that suits their home life.
Holiday
- 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays.
- One extra day for each five years worked, capped at five days.
Other benefits
- Subsidised pricing at all airport concessions, for example Caffe Nero, Pret and Costa Coffee.
- Discounted rates at all local gyms.
- Performance-related management pay and bonus schemes.
- Interest-free travel loans and general loans at preferential rates, provided by Salary Finance.
Tynan Barton is a business journalist and has been writing in the employee benefits and HR field for over 15 years. She joined Employee Benefits in 2010 as reporter, and has been features editor since 2011.View full profile
