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AnalysisHow important is a benefits brand in order to increase awareness and take-up?
Need to know:Personalised content can highly engage employees with benefits communication.Different organisations will find different forms of communication effective.Branding consistency across all communications creates trust and familiarity.Benefits packages are evolving in line with what employees want and expect from their employers, and so reward and benefits professionals face the challenge ...
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Case StudiesGoodman Masson advocates regular employee benefits communications
Goodman Masson takes great pride in its employee benefits brand and has trademarked its Benefits Boutique. It has also picked up numerous awards, including Most engaging benefits proposition at the Employee Benefits Awards 2016.Founded in 1993, the London-based recruitment agency employs 150 staff, with over 50% (85) of employees signed ...
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Supplier articleThe real reasons people are ignoring your job advertisements
By Gemma Matthews, Senior Recruiter The phone rings. You check the calendar. It’s been 33 days, 7 hours and 12 minutes since you’ve posted the job advertisement for the hiring manager on the other end of that phone call.The problem is, you don’t have any qualified candidates to share with ...
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Supplier articleIs trust missing from your HR programs?
By Debra Corey, Group Reward Director We live in a world where trust is in crisis. According to the 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer, trust has declined, a phenomenon not reported since Edelman began tracking trust in 2012. This is partly due to economic and political concerns, but also down to ...
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Supplier articleWhy it’s time to rethink your benefits communications
Thomsons’ UK Employee Benefits Watch 2016/17 research uncovered that 80% of employers rank engaging their employees with their benefits as a top objective, yet 40% say they have difficulty communicating benefits effectively. So how can you overcome this challenge? Thomsons have taken insights from their recent whitepaper Transformation to wellness ...
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Supplier articleHow to showcase your company’s culture at all times
Company culture is one of the most important parts of your organisation and is key to attracting and retaining the best talent. Which is why it’s key to keep it at the forefront of everything you do. In this eBook, Didi Kirova, our Head of Learning & People Experience, offers ...
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Supplier articleWriting email copy: content and subject
by Sophie Gane – CopywriterIt’s perhaps an odd thing to say, but when you write an email, one of the last things you should think about is writing the email. Weird huh?Well, not really.If you’ve been following our series, you’ll know by now that you first need to plan your ...
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Supplier articleChoosing the right communications channel
By Simon Andrew, Insight and Engagement DirectorWhat’s in a channel? If the message is strong, then it doesn’t matter how it’s delivered. Said someone who has never been dumped by text.Ok if truth be told, I haven’t either, but I have heard some horror stories over the years. You see, ...
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Supplier articleInternal communications: clarity and control is more important than ever
by Alistair Dunn-Coleman, product director, BenefexWe live in a world where the most valuable thing you own is your own attention. Websites, apps, notifications, collaboration tools, adverts, blogs and more are all jostling to grab the attention of your employees. It’s not just through their computers either, we’re nagging them ...
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Article32% of employers communicate about benefits at least once a month
Under a third (32%) of employer respondents communicate to their staff about employee benefits at least once a month, according to research by Ellipse.Its survey of 1,150 UK employees and 1,001 UK employers also found that only 7% of employer respondents do not communicate with their staff at all about ...
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Supplier articleThe ‘who, what and why’ you can never forget in employee communication planning
By Megan Gough, head of client communications at Reward GatewayIt’s exciting to launch a new programme. One that you know will delight and engage your employees — you’ve done your homework, you’ve got the leadership team on board and now you’re sitting in a room with the team wondering what ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Oliver Bonas
The workplace benefits offered by Oliver Bonas include:PensionPension: Master trust, with standard contribution rates required under auto-enrolment. These currently stand at 1% from the employer and 1% employee.Healthcare and wellbeingPrivate medical insurance, employer funded, for senior managers and store managers.Health cash plans, employee paid, available through the benefits platform.Compay carsCompany ...
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Case StudiesOliver Bonas redesigns benefits strategy to reflect core values
Lifestyle retailer Oliver Bonas has reviewed and restyled its benefits strategy in order to reflect its core values: work hard, play hard, and be kind.With the majority of its 820 employees working part-time in stores, the organisation recognises that its benefits have to appeal to many different people, as well ...
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Video: It’s time to put your culture where your comms are
By Catrin Lewis, Internal Comms ManagerWhen it comes to internal communications, there can be a reputation that they're, well, a bit dull. And though I have loads of tips and comms tricks to make your employee communications shine, there's one that stands out for me 24/7, and that's to put ...
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Supplier articleEmail segmentation makes for a great employee experience
by Rachel Bathard, senior communications consultant, Benefex‘Email segmentation is quick and easy,’ said no one ever.What is segmentation?Segmentation is fast becoming a trend in the world of email marketing. It is a way of dividing or segmenting your audience into different groups. To do that, you'll need to craft ...
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Supplier article5 top tips for employees attending a networking event
Networking is important for both employee and business development, but it’s no secret that most people hate doing it.Connecting online is so easy. Sadly in life, when you’re faced with a room full of people, there’s no ‘connect’ button to hide behind. But the magnetism that comes from having a ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid conducts staff consultation
Much of my time is spent in an endless cycle of the same-old-same old: benefit renewals, surveys, pension reports, not to mention the tedious meetings about all of it. However, every now and then I get thrown a brand new ball to play with. This time it is from Bill, ...
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Supplier articleCreating engaging internal content
Catrin Lewis, internal communications manager at Reward GatewayWe publish to our internal communications platform, boom!, nearly every single day. I wanted to walk through a few tips on how to create engaging content from the get-go. In CatComms TV, I'll reveal my secret for getting some of the best content ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid gets bad service
I might be a bit lazy and easily distracted, but I can tell you I am a productivity ninja compared to the people I have to work with. Let's take my colleague, Lazy Susan. For her, work is just a place to catch up on her social media. Susan's career ...
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Article90% face challenges communicating benefits
Nine in 10 (90%) employer respondents face challenges when communicating employee benefits to staff, according to research by benefits communication portal provider Mybenefitsatwork.Its survey of 250 UK HR directors at organisations employing 50-5,000 staff also found that more than one-third (34%) of respondents communicate benefits to employees via face-to-face presentations.The ...