All articles by Employee Benefits – Page 88
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Supplier articleConnect the dots: three advantages of a benefits ecosystem
Authored by David Dodd, Consulting Director, Thomsons Online BenefitsDo you remember ‘Connect the dots’, the childhood game that kept you busy for hours? By connecting dot one all the way up to dot 100 or further, you revealed a hidden picture on the page. The picture was already there, it ...
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Supplier articleThe big thing you’re missing that will boost your Employee Value Proposition
By Didi Kirova, Head of Learning & People Experience at Reward GatewayWhy do you prefer one brand of ice cream more than another? Does the entire experience – from purchase to that first spoonful – make you happy? Or more importantly, does this experience keep you connected and coming back ...
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Supplier articlePart Two: Your Employee Engagement Platform Implementation Checklist (Launch)
By Federica Silvi, Senior Implementation Specialist at Reward GatewayLaunching any sort of HR system can be daunting, especially if it’s a brand new platform that your business has never used before. Our new clients often come to us with similar concerns and we empathise — HR tech can be a ...
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Supplier articleMake employee recognition a piece of cake: 10 low-cost ways to motivate employees
By Debra Corey, Group Reward Director at Reward GatewayWelcome to part two of our Summer Fridays mini-series, where we’ll continue to share new ideas with you for the coming weeks about free and low-cost ways to motivate employees. If you missed week one, be sure to check out 10 low-cost ...
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Supplier article5 Business Impacts of Social Recognition
Are you an HR professional who’s eager to give your company the advantages of a technology-based social recognition programme? When you make your pitch to key executives, you need a way to define and quantify the benefits of such a programme. Read on to discover five positive impacts of recognising ...
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Supplier articlePodcast: How to uncover your forgotten benefits
The industry’s first and only podcast series is back, delving deeper into what employers need to do to rise to the top of the market with their benefits programme, and stay there! Listen to our industry experts break daunting subjects down into easy-to-understand, bite-sized nuggets, with top ...
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Why Mental Health First Aiders are important within education
Mental health problems affect about 1 in 10 children and young people, with 50% of mental health problems being established by the age of 14 and 75% by the age of 25. The Mental Health Foundation states that 20% of adolescents may experience a mental health problem in any given ...
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Supplier articlePodcast: How to create your benefits ecosystem
The industry’s first and only podcast series is back, delving deeper into what employers need to do to rise to the top of the market with their benefits programme, and stay there! Listen to our industry experts break daunting subjects down into easy-to-understand, bite-sized nuggets, with top ...
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Peer-to-peer recognition: the unique benefits
We all know that it’s important for managers to recognise and reward their direct reports but the responsibility for recognition shouldn’t solely reside with managers. Peer-to-peer recognition can often have an even greater impact on recipients and by encouraging your employees to show appreciation for each other’s efforts, you could ...
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Why workplace wellness matters
Workplace wellness has become a buzzword in the past couple of months or so, with businesses becoming more aware of the benefits of taking care of employee wellness. Every £1 spent on workplace health initiatives results in return on investment ranging from £2 to £34.A large portion of the population ...
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Supplier articleSeven examples for communicating company benefits to new and existing employees
By Pippa Arthur-Van Praagh, Senior Client Success ManagerIf you've got an awesome employee benefits program, it's not always safe to assume all your people know it exists or how to access all their benefits. Numerous studies show that you need to repeat your message at least 3 times (yes, 3!) ...
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Supplier article6 must have elements for a successful reward and recognition programme
By Jamie KingAn effective reward and recognition programme can increase productivity and job satisfaction, enhance teamwork and increase retention of the right caliber of employees, as well as lower the rate of absenteeism and stress. These programmes should constantly evolve and grow with the company and doesn’t have to be ...
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Supplier articleFixed or growth mindset – what does it mean for employee recognition?
By Jacqueline BenjaminCarol Dweck is a psychologist at Stanford University whose theories on the psychology of skills and talent could have a major bearing on the way that companies interact with their employees. Her book, Mindset, established the idea of ‘Fixed Mindsets’ and ‘Growth Mindsets’. Individuals with a fixed mindset ...
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Supplier articleUsing communication and recognition to be a champion for your people
By Kylie Green, Director of ConsultancyWhen the results from Reward Gateway’s study were released earlier this year, the disconnect between employers and employees wasn’t too surprising. Disappointing? Absolutely. But surprising? Not really.Too often I’ve heard leaders say they think they’re doing “ok” or “enough” when it comes to communicating the ...
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Don’t ditch the LISA – it could be a great addition to the benefits package
The Treasury Committee has called upon the Government to abolish the Lifetime ISA (LISA) stating that it has received strong criticism over its ‘complexity, its perverse incentives, its lack of complementarity with the pensions saving landscape and its apparent lack of popularity with the industry and pension savers’.Jonathan Watts-Lay, Director, ...
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Supplier articleThree lessons I learned from enterprising school students
By Jenny Fyans, Marketing ManagerHow often do you make the most of your time? I was recently given the opportunity to be on the judging panel for the Inner East London heat of the Young Enterprise Company Programme Awards (YECPA) – a beneficiary of the RG Foundation.The YECPA challenged students, ...
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Supplier article5 tips for improving employee wellbeing inside and out of work
Positive wellbeing is good for employees and employers alike. Research suggests it can have an impact on motivation, productivity, absenteeism and staff turnover. Indeed, figures from the Centre for Mental Health suggest that UK companies lose £34.9 billion in productivity as a result of mental health issues.The key challenge in ...
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Top 10 tips for employees to cut costs and boost savings
According to research by WEALTH at work, 80% of employers believe their employees are not saving enough for retirement.This is usually due to affordability or lack of understanding but what many employees don’t realise is the huge difference small changes to their spending habits could make to their savings levels ...
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Supplier articleVideo: Bringing your wellbeing initiatives together
Thomsons Online Benefits have just launched a brand new video as part of their Benefits Experts Series. Your mental, physical and financial wellbeing initiatives are interdependent on one another. David Dodd, Consulting Director, and Jack Curzon, Head of Scheme Design, discuss bringing these three pillars together to ...
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Supplier articleThe battle between monetary and non-monetary employee recognition and reward
By Kylie Terrell, Employee Engagement ConsultantWhether employee rewards and recognition is a new concept for your business, or you’ve had a programme running for years, you’ll mostly likely ask yourself whether rewarding employees with financial rewards really has a positive impact on employee engagement, and whether that investment is worth ...