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Case StudiesSummer parties motivate staff at Astellas Pharma Europe
The pharmaceutical organisation, which employs 15,000 people across 40 countries, engages its UK staff with an annual summer party, which employees can invite their family to. The parties are also themed. For example, the theme of its 2014 party was the ‘Wild West’.Robert Wigmore, senior manager, reward and human resources ...
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Case StudiesNew Year parties motivate staff at Ryman, Robert Dyas and Boux Avenue
The strategy is aligned to the retailers’ trading periods, which peak in December, making it difficult for staff to take time off.The organisations, which are owned by Theo Paphitis, one of the dragons in the BBC Two TV show Dragons’ Den , host two parties, one in London for between ...
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Case StudiesUniversity of Sheffield motivates employees with online health portal
The portal, Juice, was launched for more than 7,000 staff in November 2012 and aims to allow employees to make informed lifestyle choices, adopt healthier behaviours and go beyond their expectations and existing capabilities on both a personal and professional level.Andrew Dodman, director of human resources at the University of ...
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Case StudiesB&Q keeps reward simple
Simplification has been at the heart of B&Q’s HR strategy over the past year as part of the organisation’s efforts to help staff understand and appreciate the value of their benefits and, ultimately, to boost take-up. The move is aligned with B&Q’s business objective to simplify its pricing model in ...
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Case StudiesRed Setter uses family friendly approach to motivate staff
The company is comprised of ex brand directors, account directors and marketing managers who have all been used to working at a high level. Also, the majority of its employees have children.Claire Blyth, founder of Red Setter, says: “If they were still working in London they would all be experts ...
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Case StudiesBGL Group offers wide package to attract top talent
Much of its focus revolves around the overall employee experience, with a strong emphasis on wellness, the office environment and enabling staff to get involved in charitable initiatives.Claire Whieldon, head of reward, says: “We have a huge amount of fundraising events, from dragon boat racing to employees going off to ...
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Case StudiesTimpson motives staff with gifts for life events
The shoe repair organisation also felt it was important to avoid offering impersonal benefits.These include a £25 cash award for expectant mothers to help them buy comfortable maternity clothes for work, as well as £25-worth of Mothercare vouchers for all new parents on the birth of a child.The organisation also ...
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Case StudiesThe University of Reading aligns recognition to values
An online recognition portal, introduced in 2012, enables managers to nominate employees for awards with values ranging from £25 to £100. These can be redeemed for vouchers from various retailers.When nominating an employee, a manager has to specify what behaviours the individual has displayed and how these relate to the ...
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Case StudiesSuperdry awards restaurant vouchers as Christmas rewards
With nearly 3,000 employees and 123 stores around the UK, Superdry faces a difficult challenge in celebrating the Christmas season with its staff.In December 2013, the retailer presented every employee with a £30 Restaurant Choice gift voucher to fund their team Christmas outing. The vouchers could be spent at more ...
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Telefonica makes recognition plan more social
Telefonica launched a new online recognition programme for its UK staff in October 2013. The plan, Recognise_D, is a web app that employees can access via smartphones, tablets and laptops.The organisation, known under the brand O2 in the UK, previously had an online recognition programme, but this was a static, ...
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Case StudiesSky uses benefits to keep employees connected
Its products, such as Sky 3D and Sky Talk, also help its employees to stay connected to the Sky experience, which is at the heart of its benefits package.Tom Gardner, reward and employment tax manager at Sky, says: “It is absolutely imperative that our employees are totally up to speed ...
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The benefits offered by Sky
PensionTrust-based defined contribution scheme.Double-matched employer contributions to a maximum of 8%.About 4,000 employees were auto-enrolled on 1 April 2013.HealthcareA healthcare trust, available to all staff.Physiotherapy, which is in addition to the trust’s out-patient limit.On-site physiotherapy at some locations.An employee assistance programme.Health screening.Group riskGroup income protection (GIP) linked to the pension ...
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Case StudiesWithers' CSR strategy supports local community
The organisation’s CSR programme comprises a charity of the year, volunteering opportunities, pro bono work for legal staff, and a mentoring programme for business support employees.The programme, which was launched in November, has been designed by Withers and its programme partner, Islington Council, to build the workplace confidence of programme ...
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Case StudiesCapital One builds enticing employee value proposition
The EVP focuses on benefits in the context of total reward. It covers the standard benefits offered by the organisation, such as private medical insurance, pensions and bikes for work, and also ensures that staff are given details about their working environment, development opportunities and health and wellbeing initiatives.Jill Cunnison, ...
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Case StudiesWolseley UK builds an engaging benefits offer
Now the construction and building products distributor, a subsidiary of global organisation Wolseley, is focused on its corporate strategy, including its principles, its employees, and transforming the business to stay ahead of the competition.Neil McCawley, head of reward, benefits and policy at Wolseley UK, says: “People are one of our ...
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Case StudiesMitie Group integrates employee benefits across businesses
This has posed a significant challenge for the strategic outsourcing organisation which, historically, has grown through a cluster of smaller businesses that have been allowed a degree of autonomy, including in the benefits offered to employees.Katherine Thomas, group HR director, says: “When you start to bring that all together to ...
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Merlin Entertainments Group aligns global recognition schemes
Samantha Owens, corporate HR manager at Merlin, says: “Each head of HR already had schemes in place that worked well, so it was about getting their buy-in. The other challenge was how we communicated the scheme.”To optimise the buy-in of each manager, Merlin involved them in scheme design and, once ...
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Case StudiesGroupon offers staff rewarding benefits deal
“We didn’t have a robust benefits offering [when the UK business launched] because it wasn’t a priority for our workforce in the start-up phase,” says Hailey Wojcik, HR director for northern Europe. “As we’ve started to grow into a global business and we’ve started to refine processes and procedures, our ...
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Peer 1 Hosting motivates staff with peer-to-peer recognition
The system enables employees and managers to spend time together and collaborate to set their promises to deliver and be accountable for the forthcoming year.Helen Ives, HR director, says: “Everything we do from a learning, recognition and performance standpoint is very collaborative and peer-to-peer led.”The organisation’s Peer Promises system has ...
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Asda rewards staff for customer service
The scheme, Asda Stars, operates in 660 locations and is available to 177,000 employees.So far, 68,856 employees have received awards, with 41,828 recognised as ‘unique’ employees for making exceptional efforts.An employee builds up Star points by meeting particular goals, and can then redeem them on a variety of rewards.Jane Earnshaw, ...