Benefits in Kind

The University of Sheffield Grading Scheme is based on the fundamental principle that all staff, whose job has been judged as being of a size to cause it to be placed in a particular grade, should receive the same level of reward irrespective of the nature or the location of their job within the University. This means that no free benefits in kind should be made available to staff based purely on their work location or the particular activities carried out by the member of staff or their Department.

It is however recognised that there are occasions when members of staff do have to be provided with equipment to enable them to fully carry out the requirements of their role (e.g. mobile phones). In these situations the individual is expected to reimburse the University in respect of any personal benefit they gain from their use.