All articles by Employee Benefits – Page 60
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Supplier articleGlocalisation: achieving your global benefits aims with local tailoring
Previously, we looked at how a global health and wellbeing strategy has endless possibilities, and takes many forms. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a written down, set-in-stone, one-size-fits-all approach.Whilst a global healthcare setup is important to any international organisation, the challenge is to achieve a balance between the company’s ...
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Supplier articleFirst Steps to Fitness
If you're thinking about going to the gym for the first time, congratulations! From looking and feeling better, to improving sleep, to keeping your heart healthy, there are so many reasons to make working out a part of your life.However, we also know that getting started can be incredibly overwhelming—it ...
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Supplier articleGet Your Workforce Ready for Time to Talk Day
Time to Talk Day is designed to encourage everyone to talk about mental health. 1/4 of us are affected by mental health problems and in fact all of us have mental health, yet for many it is still a taboo topic. Around 6,000 people a year take their own lives ...
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Supplier articleWhy, how and when rewards have huge impact on your employees
A reward is a pretty simple concept, right? It’s a cash-value token, gift, prize or trophy that you use to thank employees.However, just like almost everything in life, there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to giving employees rewards. A bit of reading could supercharge the benefits you ...
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Supplier articleThe language of recognition – how to communicate appreciation
Communication is vital. Not just for recognition, but for your business overall. Transparent, open-handed, and inclusive cultures start with great communication.Recognition isn’t an exception. Getting the most out of employee recognition means putting some thought into how you voice your messages of achievement.Watch your toneWhen you recognise success, you have ...
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Supplier articleWorkplace Wellness and how to promote it
Our health and workplace wellness are important, but most of the time it is overshadowed by the importance of our work life. Wellness is no separate entity- it’s an aggregate of our mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health; we must ensure that we take the necessary steps to ensure we ...
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Supplier article14 ways eCards help build an amazing culture of recognition
eCards are an easy way to build a culture of continuous recognition for your employees. By customising them to fit your culture and brand, you can use eCards to say a simple "thank you," recognise specific achievements like hitting a quarterly business target and so much more.Download the eBook "14 ...
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Supplier articleInfographic: Supporting your employees with their physical wellbeing
92% of your employees want to improve their fitnessYet they are not making the most of the physical wellbeing support on offer, with 2 in 5 blaming low motivation for not keeping fit.Read Thomsons Online Benefits’ infographic for how to support your employees with their physical wellbeing. Packed with standout ...
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VideoVideo: Innovation generation: priorities for EMEA
Watch Thomsons Online Benefits’ video for how EMEA organisations are adopting new technology to attract and retain talent and enhance the employee experience. In the video, you’ll discover that 62% of organisations have an integrated ecosystem in place, allowing them to implement technology and apps more quickly. ...
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Supplier articleYour long service awards should start at one year, here’s why
It’s time to ditch the traditional approach to long service awards. In this blog we’ll explain why traditional approaches are out of date, and why you should recognise staff for as little as one year of service.Old-fashioned service awards don’t work for today’s workersThere’s a huge amount of time spent ...
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Supplier articleSocial recognition goes places top-down recognition can’t follow
Social recognition, or peer-to-peer recognition, brings more to your business than a traditional top-down approach to recognition. In this blog, we’ll outline what social recognition is, and why it has an edge over recognition that focuses on management-led recognition.Defining social recognitionSocial recognition does have some things in common with traditional ...
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Supplier articleWhy reward and recognition better engage employees than monetary bonuses
There is always debate as to which methods are most effective in improving employee engagement. From the point of view of some employees and employers, the promise of monetary bonuses for stellar performance and achievement seems like the biggest factor that would drive engagement. However, the truth is that most ...
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Supplier articleSeven ways moments of employee recognition can fuel your employer brand
Sharing moments of recognition internally is powerful — the right kind of employee recognition reinforces what great work looks like to drive business value, helps spread best practice with examples of how to recognise others and help employees understand how the work that they do makes a difference for their ...
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Supplier articleA look inside the evolution to modern employee rewards
The way we reward employees has evolved significantly in the last decade. Despite a rise in pay across the UK, the average worker in Britain still earns less than they did a decade ago after inflation, according to a recent study.The issue with pay means employers have had to find ...
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Supplier articleReward and Recognition- five ways to improve your scheme
Business leaders need to inspire their employees not only with a clear vision but with Reward and Recognition. The following article looks at five easy steps to improve your R&R scheme in 2020.Firstly, it’s important to look back at the reasons for implementing the scheme in the first place and ...
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Supplier articleWhat new employee benefits are the top employers offering?
While the traditional, bread and butter employee benefits will remain as important as ever, there’s an increasing need for employers to keep up-to-date with the ever changing needs of employees and the evolving lifestyles of varying demographics.The biggest employers are stepping up and thinking outside the box when it comes ...
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Supplier articleEmployees face ticking time bomb as they approach retirement
Employees are often ill-prepared for the complex retirement challenges that lie ahead with many struggling to understand essentials such as tax, inflation risks or how investments and retirement income products work. As more and more people retire on defined contribution (DC) savings alone, this could be a recipe for disaster ...
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Supplier articleEmployee reward and recognition scheme launched by American Golf
American Golf is Europe’s largest golf retailer with 99 stores in the UK and Republic of Ireland alone. They are rolling out Each Person to their managers and Epoints to their 825 employees.Each Person is an employee reward and recognition, retail discount scheme, powered by epoints.Employees are recognised with digital ...
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Supplier articleBlue January or New You January?
It’s easy to let the winter blues get the better of you. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) affects 1 in 15 Brits and although there is no proven cure, there are some things you can do to help improve symptoms – getting as much daylight as possible, eating more fruit and ...
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Supplier articleWhat will employees want from their benefits in 2020?
For 2020, chances are you’re looking to recruit top talent, increase retention or just generally make your employees happier and make your business a more attractive place to work.In order to do that, meeting the ever-changing demands of employees is crucial. Modernising your benefits and perks is without doubt the ...