Employee timecard
[Sep 1970]"Clocking in" card for one week. Printed in green ink on brown card.
SA/BRA/3/1/1/27
Trade union material
1970s-1980sIncludes: copies of a Bargaining Report; Labour Research and Point of Sale and Screenprinting; forms authorising deduction of trade union contributions from staff salaries; paperwork relating to...
SA/EMP/1/4
J Sainsbury Employee handbooks and conditions of employment material
[1970s-1980s]Includes employee handbooks for retail and central departments. Also includes leaflets giving information about conditions of employment and employee benefits e.g. a 'Guide to Sickness...
SA/EMP/1/12
Staff experience card of Cyril Robert Croft
1937SA/EMP/1/14/2
Staff recruitment material
[1950s-1990s]Contains application forms, job descriptions and a 'Job description work book' explaining how to generate job descriptions. Also contains magazine articles about careers for graduates with a...
SA/EMP/1/16
Opportunity 2000 material
1992-1994Includes press releases and information packs from Sainsbury's giving details about Sainsbury's goals and commitment to Opportunity 2000 including Career Bridge scheme for management staff with...
SA/EMP/1/19
Staff induction handbook
[1997-1998]Gives information about the history of the company, conditions of employment, benefits, health and safety, Information Systems Division (ISD), opportunities for personal development and a copy of a...
SA/EMP/1/20
Letter of introduction for Miss L. Doyle
12 Nov 1929Note which accompanied a letter (letter missing) introducing a Miss L Doyle to Mr Oliver Staff Manager at Blackfriars (head office) for application/interview.
SA/EMP/1/31
J Sainsbury Employee Handbooks, 1972-1980s
1972-1980s7 employee handbooks ranging in date from the early 1970s to the late 1980s. These include: A blue handbook entitled 'J Sainsbury Ltd Retail Staff Handbook', dated Nov 1972. An orange handbook...
SA/EMP/1/34
Material relating to salaries, Sainsburys grading structure and trade unions
1970s-1980sIncludes: photocopies of correspondence relating to salary reviews; copy of 'Job Evaluation' by Direct Consensus; drafts of texts for staff booklets of grading structure and understanding pay...
SA/EMP/1/37
Factory leavers staff register, Jan 1954-Nov 1955
Jan 1954-Nov 1955Contains names, addresses, dates of birth and start dates of factory workers, and the reason for their departure.
SA/EMP/2/1
Staff identity certificates
[1930s]Each pass contains a picture of the holder, their name, national reg[istration] identity number, height, when they were born and what they were employed as together with their signature. The pass...
SA/EMP/2/3/1
Branch manager's identity certificates
1930s-1940sEach pass contains a photograph of the holder, their name and signature and their national reg[istration] identity number. The pass had to be handed back to Sainsbury's when the holder left the...
SA/EMP/2/3/2
Staff experience records
1935-1939Each card includes the name of the employee, their home address, their date of birth and when they joined the company. It also gives the name of the branch and department they worked in, when they...
SA/EMP/2/3/3
Staff experience cards
1926-1938Each card includes the name of the employee, their home address, their date of birth and when they joined the company. It also gives the name of the branch and department they worked in, when they...
SA/EMP/2/3/4
Conditions of employment for male staff resuming work after National Service
[1945]SA/EMP/2/3/7
Senior Staff Pension Fund and Life Assurance Scheme leaflet and letter
Feb-Aug 1954Leaflet laying out changes to the wording of the rules of the Senior Staff Pension Fund. There is an accompanying letter explaining the changes.
SA/EMP/2/3/8
Customer care cards
Oct 1991-Jun 1993Customer care cards. Contains a record of the courses two members of staff attended. Also includes a card issued to staff to be produced on a visit to a doctor.
SA/EMP/2/3/11
Correspondence about former members of staff
1926-1987Includes photocopied letter to Tim Sainsbury from a lady whose grandmother worked for Sainsbury's and who appears to have known John Benjamin Sainsbury. Also includes photocopied letters from...
SA/EMP/2/3/12