About Employee Benefits
Employee benefits
As a B Corp, Canongate is committed to being a force of good in the world, including, importantly, taking seriously our responsibility to be a good employer.
What we offer
There is a range of benefits for all Canongate employees, including:
- Pension – the company contributes up to 7% when employee contributes at least 5%
- AXA private healthcare
- Employee Assistance Programme
- 36 days paid holiday (including bank holidays) pro-rated
- Additional holiday days, increasing with years at Canongate
- One month’s paid holiday after 20 years at Canongate which can be tacked on to a further two weeks holiday
- Discretionary, uncapped bonus scheme based on annual pre-tax operating profits and pay scale within the company
- Maternity leave – 52 weeks in total: nine weeks at full pay, then six weeks at half pay, before Statutory Maternity Pay begins. Employees with more than two years’ service receive one additional week at full pay, up to a maximum of three additional weeks
- The same entitlements apply for adoption leave
- Paternity leave – two months at full pay
- Flexible working
- Cycle to work scheme
- Costs of eye tests for staff in London (free in Scotland)
- Paid volunteer day
- Free flu vaccine
- Season ticket loan
- Access to staff advances
- Summer hours – for three months, Friday afternoons are additional time off, pro rata, unless there are specific work commitments
More on working with us
Job opportunities
Find out whether we have any current vacancies, along with more information on working with us and and how to stay in the loop!
Equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to proactively pursuing policies that make publishing a fairer space for us all.
Department profiles
How does an independent publisher work? Every publisher is different, but this is how Canongate is organised.
