# Rewards & benefits

**Many employers choose to offer rewards and benefits to their employees. There are lots of reasons to choose to do this: to attract potential employees, to increase morale and wellbeing and to support staff as they carry out parts of their roles, for example. In this section, we'll offer you some helpful information on:**

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## Guide to employee benefits

Explains what kinds of things you can offer to your employees and gives you some ideas to consider.





](/support/hr/rewards-benefits/guide-to-employee-benefits)

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## Guide to the National Minimum Wage

Outlines what the National Minimum Wage (NMW) is, how it might apply to your staff, why it's important that you pay your staff properly and what to consider when thinking about paying a living wage.





](/support/hr/rewards-benefits/guide-to-the-national-minimum-wage)

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## Guide to employer legal obligations on pensions

Outlines what you need to offer to your staff as a pension.





](/support/hr/rewards-benefits/guide-to-employer-legal-obligations-on-pensions)

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## Scottish Joint Council Salary Scales

The Scottish Joint Council (SJC) salary scales are agreed and released annually by COSLA. Members and HR Service subscribers can download them here.





](/support/hr/rewards-benefits/scottish-joint-council-salary-scales)

## Exclusive content

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## Guide to pay structures & pay progression







](/support/hr/rewards-benefits/guide-to-pay-structures-pay-progression)

This content is only available to HR Service subscribers or organisations in SCVO membership. **[Find out more](/services/hr)**

## Templates, model policies & checklists

No templates are available for you to access

Organisations in SCVO membership have access to 1 further exclusive template in this section.

Please **[sign up](#scvo-account-modal-sign-up)** for a My SCVO account or **[sign in](#scvo-account-modal-sign-in)** to access this exclusive content.

Not an SCVO member? [Find out more about SCVO membership](/membership)

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## About SCVO

SCVO (Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations) is the national membership organisation for Scotland's voluntary sector.

Our role is to champion the role of voluntary organisations in Scotland and to support them to do work that has a positive impact.

SCVO supports members and the wider voluntary sector with all aspects of setting up and running a voluntary organisation. SCVO represents the needs and concerns of the voluntary sector to the Scottish government in Holyrood and UK government and Westminster. Through our learning and events programme SCVO offers training and development opportunities to the sector.

Members access an extensive membership benefits package including specialist, in-depth, 1-to-1 guidance from our Information Services team and from professional service partners.

Access to exclusive membership networks (including comms, employers, governance and policy) supports members to grow their connections, stay up to date, exchange ideas and views with peers, and learn through tailored learning opportunities.

SCVO members enjoy free access to Funding Scotland Premium to stay on top of funding opportunities to support their organisation’s financial resilience.

Discounts and savings on SCVO products and services (including our HR service, managed IT support, payroll service and events and training) and partner offers provide members with support to allow them to focus on delivering their organisation’s goals. Further SCVO products and services include [extensive digital support](https://scvo.scot/support/digital), a climate action resource [Growing Climate Confidence](https://climateconfident.scot), a voluntary sector publication [Third Force News](https://tfn.scot) and a voluntary sector jobs and recruitment service [Goodmoves](https://goodmoves.org).

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