All Communication articles – Page 5
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Supplier articleConsiderations for furloughing staff and access to IT systems
During these challenging times, we know that some companies are having to make the difficult decision to furlough employees.The UK Government announced unprecedented support for businesses through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. This support allows businesses to 'furlough’ employees.There are some things that employers need to consider around IT systems ...
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Supplier articleBreaking through the noise: 3 new ways to connect with your people
When companies make it easy for employees to connect with each other and with the vision and mission of the business, the outcomes are overwhelmingly positive.Whether we like it or not – and whether our businesses are prepared or not – the current dispersed workplace trends mean employees aren’t all ...
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Case StudiesMVF creates feedback-based improvement plan for internal communications
Technology organisation MVF is working on maximising employee engagement by improving internal communications across all of its 450 employees.The project, which commenced in August 2019, includes engaging key stakeholders to find out what communication challenges have been faced in the past, and consider how these might be addressed in the ...
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AnalysisTop lessons for improving benefits communications
Need to know:A communication strategy that builds up information over time is vital, because ad-hoc methods are unreliable when it comes to boosting engagement and take-up of benefits.Employers should consider their workforce demographics and job structure, and aim to get information to staff at a time and in a format ...
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Case StudiesInfographic: Communication in practice
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OpinionSimon Richardson: Employers must convey the value of benefits to staff
In these days of internet and telephone banking, most of us check our balance each day, perhaps even more just before payday. However, we do not check the value of our pension statement, which is especially important if we are in a defined contribution (DC) plan subject to the vagaries ...
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Supplier articleAligning benefits and business
How can you build or adapt your benefits scheme to ensure it aligns with your business strategy?Anecdotally, it seems that even the most successful employees are missing one thing from their working lives: value. Do they see the value in the work they’re doing? Do they feel valued for the ...
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AnalysisHow will AI change the world of benefits and HR communications?
Need to know: Using the wealth of data available, artificial intelligence can ensure that employees understand the value of benefits to them as individuals.The conversational tone of chatbots can help employees navigate complex subjects, while also combating isolation as workforces become more remote.Anonymity mixed with seemingly human interactions can be ...
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Case StudiesRicoh uses chatbot to engage remote staff with financial wellness communications
Multinational document services, consulting, software and hardware provider Ricoh has 2,400 employees spread across the UK, including a large base in both Northampton and London.Toni Smith, reward and insights manager at Ricoh, says: "Reaching [office-based] employees with communications is quite easy. The challenge that we have with anything we roll ...
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Supplier articleAligning benefits and business
How can you build or adapt your benefits scheme to ensure it aligns with your business strategy?According to research, employees are missing one thing from their working lives: value. Do they see the value in the work they’re doing? Do they feel valued for the effort they put in? Are ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Four-fifths use digital communications to boost benefits engagement
EXCLUSIVE: Digital communications are steadily increasing as a method of improving engagement with benefits, up from 68% in 2016 to 78% this year, according to research by Employee Benefits.While this might indicate the move towards a reliance on technology, it is worth noting that the Benefits research 2019, published in ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Three in 10 plan to adapt to future challenges using better communications
EXCLUSIVE: In order to adapt to future challenges in the industry, fewer than three in 10 (28%) intend to use better or more targeted communications, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Benefits research 2019 report canvassed the views of 290 HR decision-makers, and was published in May 2019. It also ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid examines HR policies
I am still reeling from the shock. Big Bad Boss has called me in and said they (presumably the Higher Beings on the third floor) want me to update the intranet. What all of it? Big Bad Boss seems to think so. He waves my concerns away with the back ...
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ArticleNon-Standard Finance and Womble Bond Dickinson shortlisted for Best communications
Consumer finance business Non-Standard Finance and law firm Womble Bond Dickinson are among the employers included on the shortlist for Best benefits communications, small employer, at the Employee Benefits Awards 2019.This award will celebrate the achievements of an organisation with fewer than 1,000 employees, which has used effective and innovative ...
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Supplier articleFive creative ways to launch your employee communications programme
By Harriet Truman, Enterprise Client Success Manager at Reward GatewayYou did it. You launched your employee communications platform, got your team registered and sent out your welcomes and announcements. People are logging in and you’re posting more and more content. Now what?Maybe you’re worried that after a few months it ...
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ArticleNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Unilever shortlisted for Best benefits communications
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, construction business Kier Group, and consumer goods organisation Unilever are among the organisations shortlisted in the Best benefits communications, large employer category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2019.This accolade recognises the most effective and engaging benefits communication strategies implemented by employers with more than 5,000 ...
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OpinionBrad O’Neil: Use the right communication technology to connect remote staff
The rapid growth of remote working is a mark of the changing world of the current century; this is a trend that cannot be ignored by employers.Organisations are evolving to offer employees the benefits of working remotely, but are often left with concerns about how to keep these individuals engaged ...
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Case StudiesYMCA Greater Charlotte uses mobile app to connect with staff in times of uncertainty
The YMCA of Greater Charlotte, North Carolina, employs approximately 5,000 people, across 19 full-sized branches and two year-round overnight camps. The majority are part-time staff running programmes, such as working with children, running sports activities or teaching swimming lessons.Previously, when changes occurred or during periods of uncertainty, the organisation relied ...
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ArticleA third want more communications on employee benefits
A third (34%) of respondents want their employer to communicate more about the employee benefits and perks available at their organisation, according to research by group risk insurance provider Canada Life Group Insurance.In a survey of 1,001 full and part-time employees, Canada Life also found that 20% received information about ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Half of employers believe all staff are aware of their eyecare policy
EXCLUSIVE: More than half (57%) of employer respondents believe that all of their members of staff are aware of their existing eyecare policy, and 40% feel that most staff are aware of it, according to research by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare.The survey of 507 UK-based HR decision makers also found that ...