Pay and Benefits
It's all about you
As part of our overall deal we offer you a competitive package.
This includes your personal financial reward plus access to a wide range of both financial and non financial benefits. In addition, you can expect regular feedback and support to help you develop and progress in your career with us. Your reward package is there to grow with your career.
Our core financial package includes your base salary and core benefits plus (where applicable) our discretionary bonus plan. You will also receive a benefits allowance if you are a manager, senior manager or director.
You can explore more on these below but there is so much more on offer through our wider benefits which are available to all our people.
We also have a parental leave package.
Core benefits
Private Medical*
Income Protection
Life assurance
Personal accident
* This now also includes access to a Virtual GP
Optional 'Choices' benefits
Cycle to work
Personal injury insurance
Company Car
Virtual GP service
Travel Insurance
Health screening self
Gadget Insurance
Critical illness
Partner life assurance
Dental insurance
Health screening partner
Childcare vouchers
Pensions
PwC GPP
Auto-enrolment
Around the firm
Employee referral programme
Career breaks
Everyday flexibility
Gems recognition platform
Careers Service
Volunteering day
Professional qualifications
Microsoft Office for home use
Give as you earn
Pennies from your pay
Support for you and your family
Enhanced parental leave
Holiday banking
EAP helpline
Be well work well
Proactive health gateway
Parental coaching
Eldercare support
Work + family portal
Funded backup care
Access to additional perks
Mortgage advice
Discount shopping portal
Free tastecard+
Session ticket loans
Flu vaccines / vouchers
Financial wellbeing
Eye test vouchers
Will writing
Deposit free renting
Corporate hospitality
Parental leave policies
Working parents bring huge value to our firm and we want to ensure that they are supported at every stage.
As well as publishing our competitive parental leave policies and pay, we’re working hard to create a culture where different ways of working are encouraged, our people feel supported taking time out of the workplace for caring responsibilities and they feel confident balancing their work and home lives. We’re proud that many of our dads have taken shared parental leave since the policy was introduced in 2015.
We want to ensure our culture is as inclusive as possible and that opportunities are open to all. In addition to the parental leave package we offer, outlined below, working parents are supported by the firm’s everyday and more formal flexible working policies, in addition to maternity transition coaching, backup/emergency childcare, support through PwC’s parents and carers networks and our Flexible Talent Network and Back to Business returnship programme.
We also offer up to 8 days paid fertility leave to any employee undergoing fertility treatment and up to 2 days paid leave for anyone whose Partner is undergoing fertility treatment to enable them to provide support.
Parental leave policies
- Maternity and Adoption
- Paternity
- Shared Parental Leave
- Parental Leave
- Qualifying periods, different types of employee, and clawbacks
- Available to all employees?
- Does pay need to be repaid if the employee does not return?
Maternity and Adoption
We offer 22 weeks full pay* (known as PwC “payroll cash”), inclusive of statutory maternity/adoption pay to all eligible employees, subject to taking a minimum of 4 weeks leave.
Paternity
We offer 2 weeks leave at full pay* (called PwC “payroll cash”) to eligible employees, inclusive of statutory paternity pay.
Shared Parental Leave
We offer eligible parents 20 weeks full pay (known as PwC “payroll cash”), inclusive of statutory shared parental pay in addition to full pay for 2 weeks compulsory maternity leave/2 weeks ordinary paternity leave. The number of weeks shared parental leave an employee can access will depend on how they are sharing leave with their partner/spouse, as per the statutory rules. However, entitlement to shared parental pay at PwC (PwC full payroll cash) is unaffected by the level of pay an employee’s partner may receive from their employer. Employees may also be entitled to statutory pay for additional weeks leave depending on how leave and pay are shared, as per the statutory rules.
In order to qualify for full pay, employees must take a minimum 4 week continuous block and leave must be taken within a 22 week pay period starting from the birth/placement date/start of maternity/adoption leave.
In summary, all eligible parents can access up to a maximum of 22 weeks full pay based on a combination of maternity/adoption/paternity/shared parental leave.
Parental Leave
We also offer parental leave, which is unpaid and allows you to take up to 18 weeks leave per child. We have waived the normal statutory rules which require one year’s service.
Qualifying periods, different types of employee, and clawbacks
Day one right or qualifying period?
Maternity/Adoption: day 1 right
Paternity: day 1 right
Parental Leave: day 1 right
Shared Parental Leave: day 1 right
Available to all employees?
Yes
Does pay need to be repaid if the employee does not return?
No