Training and Professional Development Policy

It is the policy of Unity Web Agency to encourage and support team members to develop and enhance their professional skills and to realize career advancement opportunities.

Unity Web Agency will:

  • Provide professional development opportunities, including cross-skills job training and life-skill training, to all team members
  • Offer up to $500 per team member per year to cover costs for a course, attendance at a conference, or other approved training opportunity
  • Provide internal mentoring opportunities
  • Provide meals for any lunch-and-learn opportunity that a majority of team members may wish to organize, subject to management approval and up to one per month.
  • Post job openings internally first so that current team members may have opportunities for advancement
  • Provide internal trainings and workshops to educate team members on the company’s latest sustainability efforts

Purpose

This policy is adopted so that Unity Web Agency may:

  • Operate as a socially and environmentally responsible business with consideration of all of its impacts upon stakeholders.
  • Support all team members in developing their skills.

This policy sets out professional development practices that align with socially and environmentally responsible business practices such as those followed by Certified B Corps.

Scope

This policy shall apply to all full-time and part-time team members.

Responsibilities

Unity Web Agency will be responsible for providing this policy to all team members and contractor workers and for providing ongoing support as needed.

All team members and contractors will be responsible for following this policy and contacting the Unity Web Agency with any questions or concerns.

Implementation

Unity Web Agency will distribute this policy to all team members and contract workers upon hiring. In cases where the policy is adopted after a team member has been hired, the policy will be shared with the team member within 30 days of adoption.

The team members and contractors will be responsible for ensuring that all of the recommended practices will be followed.

Program Evaluation

Unity Web Agency will check in with all team members and contractors on a regular basis, at least annually as part of a review process, to ensure that this policy is being followed and that team members are taking advantage of professional development opportunities.