They have a diverse staff and pioneered their paid maternity leave policy in their alloy wheel plant where their hourly paid staff work, with a view to extending it to salaried staff. Similarly, they plan to extend other work and family policies from salaried to hourly employees. Ford has a sound base on which to build their work and family polices. A quite basic approach was used to achieve this - the introduction of seven Shared Values. Applicants are required to demonstrate competence in balancing work and personal life company scorecard and team reporting.
Teams report monthly on key indicators, including balance of work and personal life.
Each team's Shared Values performance contributes to the overall company scorecard individual staff appraisals. Staff are appraised not only on specific job targets but also on how they demonstrated the Shared Values in their working practices. This accounts for 50 per cent of their annual salary review. Ignores changing societal expectations. Two further objectives are to lead the recruitment market and seek cost efficiencies throughout the business through a new employment contract and paid parental leave policy.