{"id":25080,"date":"2024-06-18T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T00:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/?p=25080"},"modified":"2024-06-20T21:44:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T21:44:15","slug":"non-salary-benefits-you-may-be-able-to-negotiate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/non-salary-benefits-you-may-be-able-to-negotiate\/","title":{"rendered":"Non Salary Benefits You May Be Able To Negotiate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you about to have a salary review?\u00a0 Have you just had a salary review and been disappointed?\u00a0 Remember that salary is not the only reason people remain working with their employers.\u00a0 There are other ways a company can demonstrate that they recognise your contribution, some of which have monetary value and some which do not.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some things outside your annual salary figure that you could potentially negotiate on:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #bbcd30;\"><b>Recognition of your career pathway within the business<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An additional task or responsibility within your role if that is important to you<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider asking for a dedicated senior mentor within the business, or externally, to discuss your career development with<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Put timelines and regular reviews in place for anticipated career progression<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #bbcd30;\"><b>Training and professional development opportunities<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Payment or partial reimbursement of further education relating to your role<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attending training, whether internal within your company or externally run, which benefits the company e.g. emergency first aid training, an IT\/systems course etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attendance at an industry related event<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional study leave before an exam<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professional membership subscription<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #bbcd30;\"><b>Annual leave<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability to purchase additional annual leave<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extra leave to use for voluntary\/community initiatives or activities\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loyalty leave based on time employed with the company<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #bbcd30;\"><b>Flexible working arrangements<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An additional day working from home<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being able to leave work early one day to attend an extracurricular activity like an exercise class, or sports training\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compressed working week or a nine day fortnight<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #bbcd30;\"><b>Opportunity for an earlier salary review<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If salary reviews generally take place annually consider asking for review at an earlier date if the company was unable to increase your salary as anticipated at this time<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #bbcd30;\"><b>Wellbeing initiatives<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optional company paid Flu vaccination<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allowances to use for gym membership, exercise equipment, health insurance etc<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access to employee assistance programs for example confidential counseling services<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wellbeing leave days<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upgraded work amenities for example a standing desk<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #bbcd30;\"><b>Other benefits<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assistance with commute costs for example a toll pass\/ETag<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allowance to assist with your home office set up if you are required to work from home<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A review of your job title if it more accurately reflects your current role<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember when it comes to salary, your employer will have constraints and that your Manager will always have a salary budget that they need to work within. Also, be very mindful that your job satisfaction inevitably comes from many things other than salary. Look at the bigger picture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more advice or to discuss your career and\/or potential opportunities, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you about to have a salary review?\u00a0 Have you just had a salary review and been disappointed?\u00a0 Remember that salary is not the only reason people remain working with their employers.\u00a0 There are other ways a company can demonstrate that they recognise your contribution, some of which have monetary value and some which do&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":25126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-candidate"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25080"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25127,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25080\/revisions\/25127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/25126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}