Detertech UK Limited
We, the undersigned, commit to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our business and our country.
The Armed Forces Covenant
An enduring covenant between the people of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government and all those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their families
The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm. Our Armed Forces fulfil that responsibility on behalf of the Government, sacrificing some civilian freedoms, facing danger and, sometimes, suffering serious injury or death as a result of their duty. Families also play a vital role in supporting the operational effectiveness of our Armed Forces. In return, the whole nation has a moral obligation to the members of the Naval Service, the Army and the Royal Air Force, together with their families. They deserve our respect and support, and fair treatment.
Those who serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services. Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given most such as the injured and the bereaved.
This obligation involves the whole of society: it includes voluntary and charitable bodies, private organisations, and the actions of individuals in supporting the Armed Forces. Recognising those who have performed military duty unites the country and demonstrates the value of their contribution. This has no greater expression than in upholding this Covenant.
Section 1: Principles of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant
1.1 We Detertech UK Limited will endeavour in our business dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:
- no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen;
- and in some circumstances that special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or bereaved.
Section 2: Demonstrating our commitment
2.1 Detertech UK Limited recognises the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by pledging to the following:
- Armed Forces Friendly
- UK Service Veterans And Leavers
- UK Service Spouses And Partners
- Flexible Leave For Spouses
- UK Reservists
- UK Cadets
- Armed Forces Day
- Reserve Forces Day
- Armed Forces Charities
We also pledge the following:
We are committed to supporting veterans, reservists, and families of those who serve in the Armed Forces. This includes ensuring fair treatment, equal opportunities in recruitment and career progression, and flexible working arrangements for reservists or those with military commitments. We will support the employment of veterans by working with the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) and partnering with the Forces Families Jobs Forum to support the employment of Service spouses and partners in the UK. We will provide comprehensive support to employees who have military connections, both in the UK and in our international locations. This includes support for bereaved or traumatised colleagues due to military connections. Where practical, we will be flexible in giving time off to employees who have family serving in the Armed Forces before, after, or on deployment. We will review requests for special leave for employees with direct family serving in the Armed Forces sympathetically, and offer paid leave where reasonably practical. We will observe and celebrate Armed Forces Day, Reserves Day and Remembrance Day, recognising the contributions of our armed forces personnel. We will actively promote participation in the UK through internal events, wearing poppies, and observing moments of silence. International colleagues will be invited to join these observances through optional moments of reflection, with messaging focused on universal values of peace and remembrance, adapted sensitively to each countrys historical context. We will promote the fact that we are an armed forces-friendly organisation; displaying the covenants logo on our UK website, in job adverts, communications and literature where appropriate.
2.2 We will publicise these commitments through our literature and/or on our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our customers on how we are doing.