PURPOSE

Super Good Group (“the Company”) recognises the importance of training and development of its employees and encourages them to continually improve their skills and abilities through both on-the-job training and off-the-job training.

The Company is committed to providing a supportive and rewarding environment for employees and recognises that training and development of staff provides benefits to the employees in terms of quality, responsiveness and professionalism in the workforce, as well as prospects for advancement within the Company.

This Staff Training and Development Policy (Policy) sets out what the Company may offer employees through training and development opportunities aimed at promoting the growth of individuals, teams and achieving success for the business.

SCOPE

This Policy applies to all employees of the Company. This Policy does not form part of any employee’s contract of employment.

In so far as this policy imposes any obligations on the Company, those obligations are not contractual and do not give rise to any contractual rights. To the extent that this policy describes benefits and entitlements for employees, they are discretionary in nature and are also not intended to be contractual. The terms and conditions of employment that are intended to be contractual are set out an employee’s written employment contract.

The Company may unilaterally introduce, vary, remove or replace this policy at any time.

COMPULSORY TRAINING
The Company requires an employee to undertake specific training in relation to their current position, or as a prerequisite to perform different duties. This training may be carried out at an internal or external provider at the discretion of the Company.



STUDY SUPPORT
The Company provides Study Support for eligible employees to undertake courses of study that will contribute to the improvement of their professional skills and knowledge relevant to their employment with the Company.
Study support is subject to approval by the Company on a discretionary basis and must be approved prior to study commitments being undertaken. Employees wishing to undertake study should first discuss with their Manager.
Study Support consists of study leave (paid or unpaid) and financial support for approved training courses.
An employee that qualifies for Study Support must have been a permanent employee for a continuous period of 5 years

FINANCIAL SUPPORT
The Company may support up to 100% of course fees which will be reimbursed by the Company on presentation of the receipt.
All such arrangements will be at the discretion of the Company and must be approved in writing in advance.

STUDY LEAVE
The Company may support unpaid and paid study leave, with the approved timeframe being mutually agreed in advance. Study leave may be used for attendance at and travel to the course of study, attendance at intensive mode sessions, private study or completion of assessments and attending examinations. All such arrangements will be at the discretion of the Company and must be approved in writing in advance.

OBLIGATIONS OF EMPLOYEES
The Company requires that an employee provided with Study Support will:
Keep records of training activites, participate in review processes, use their learnings to enhance and improve their impact on the Company via their role, provide copies of course subjects, materials and results.
REIMBURSEMENT TO COMPANY
Where the employee is eligible for financial support, prior to commencing training, they will be required to enter into a Training Agreement containing terms about reimbursing the Company where the employee leaves the Company within a period of time or fails a course/ subject. If an employee voluntarily terminates their employment with the Company, [or the Company terminates the employee], within a timeframe following the date of completion of the training, the employee will be required to repay financial support paid by the Company in line with an agreement for examples of this see below:

Period in which employment is terminated Repayment %
Within 12 months of completion of training 100% of all financial support paid by the Company
Within 24 months of completion of training 50% of all financial support paid by the Company