TE Connectivity Ltd
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 TE Connectivity Ltd 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 TE Connectivity Ltd 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
- Discounts
We also pledge the following:
-promoting the fact that we are an armed forces friendly organisation by displaying the Bronze awards ERS banners and logos, supporting armed forces day and reservists day, and supporting those who are employed by TE who are part of the forces family -seeking to support the employment of veterans young and old by working with the CTP and other forces recruitment agencies including CTP assist for the wounded, injured or sick to promote suitable vacancies -We will provide additional paid annual leave to reservists and cadet adult instructors each year and wherever possible, we allow flexibility in when that time is taken off in order that they may meet their training and deployment commitments -Offering support to local cadet units; our cadet adult instructors employees benefit from the same level of support as our reservist employees in order to help them meet their training commitments -aiming to participate in armed forces day; this will be communicated to all employees via internal communications and those who are part of the armed forces community will be encouraged to wear uniform to work of their job role allows this -Offering a discount; although TE connectivity products are not sold to employees or the public, we do subscribe to a ‘discounts’ web service that gives all employees, including those members of the forces family, access to discounted goods and services from other companies
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.