Canteen facilities policy

If you provide your employees with a staff canteen or restaurant, it’s useful to include a brief provision in your staff handbook advising them of this discretionary benefit and of the facility’s opening hours.

Lunch on the job

Many employees see the provision of a staff canteen as a major perk. Not only does it give them somewhere to eat their lunch with their colleagues in convivial surroundings but also if it’s subsidised they can usually buy a meal there for the cost of a sandwich in the high street. Therefore, if you do provide one, it’s worth highlighting this benefit using our Canteen Facilities Policy. You can also usefully include its opening hours.