All articles by Employee Benefits – Page 93
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Supplier articleFun exercises for those who hate working out
Struggling to workout or motivate yourself to go to the gym? If you really hate traditional exercise then why not try some unique workouts which are fun and less treadmill focused.Mat BeatsA choreographed Pilates workout to a deep house soundtrack using the beat of the music to bring focus to ...
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Supplier articleHow to create your people strategy using employee feedback
By Robert Hicks, Group HR DirectorFeedback is an important part of life. Without it, our connections would be incomplete. Communicating with people is how we learn to improve things, create efficiencies or bring people closer together. The same goes for in the workplace – you need to openly communicate with ...
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Implementing a wellness programme in the workplace
Wellness programmes demonstrate employee health and wellbeing is a priority, and that they are at the forefront of the company’s mind. A wellness programme can reduce absenteeism, improve productivity, reduce injuries, boost morale and employee loyalty. An academic study has shown that the return on investment for some workplace health ...
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Supplier articleHow can an engagement platform bring your Employee Value Proposition to life?
By Jessica Telford, Senior Client Success Manager As a Senior Client Success Manager, I help my team build amazing relationships with hundreds of clients. Every once in awhile, a client story is just too special not to share. Hollard, an insurance organization, is one of them.Hollard’s mission statement — people ...
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Supplier articleWhat International Women’s Day means to Reward Gateway
By Jenny Fyans, Client Marketing Manager & RG Foundation LeadYear after year, International Women’s Day recognises the accomplishments of women from around the world, inspires us to seek change and work towards a common goal. This is a time to think about the big picture and remember the importance of ...
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Benefits of walking to work
The Department for Transport shockingly revealed that walking trips have decreased 19% between 2005 and 2015. They also disclosed that two fifths of adults walk for travel at least once a week. Walking is a simple and free way to become more active and healthier. If the distance between your ...
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Supplier articleAnnouncing our 2018 Diversity Report at Reward Gateway
By Robert Hicks, Group HR DirectorWe’re excited to announce our 2018 Diversity Report, which represents our commitment to diversity and inclusion at Reward Gateway. We’re constantly striving towards improving our workplace balance and making Reward Gateway a better place to work.With this being the third year that we’ve produced a ...
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Supplier articleMake the magic of Employee Appreciation Day last all year
By Kylie Green, Director of Consultancy Each year, on the first Friday of March, companies around the world celebrate Employee Appreciation Day. It gets more attention in the U.S. and Canada than it does in Australia and part of me wishes that’s because we’ve done such amazing work here that ...
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Annual leave and public recognition most popular awards
Annual leave and public recognition are the work-related benefits most likely to make employees feel loved at work, according to a survey of nearly 2,000 employees by Xexec, the award-winning provider of employee engagement and customer loyalty schemes. The results also found that employees wanted to be rewarded spontaneously and ...
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Supplier articleGoing live for 'Build it': Launch day with the authors
By Charlie Taylor, Growth Marketing Manager and PR Manager Perfect to listen to during your morning (or evening) commute, we wanted to bring you our Launch Day interview with the authors of "Build it," my colleagues Debra and Glenn. I was thrilled to sit down with them to grill them ...
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Pension transfers under the spotlight
Jonathan Watts-Lay, Director, WEALTH at work, a leading proving of financial education, guidance and advice in the workplace, joins PMI TV to discuss the issues surrounding pension transfers and what can be done to protect members.Please click here to watch the video interview.Alternatively, please see below for the transcript of ...
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Ditch your 'Employee of the Month' scheme today
It is well known that recognition in the workplace is important for a number of key reasons: increasing employee morale, encouraging employee engagement and motivating performance to name just a few. However, it’s also important that we take a good look at HOW we recognise and reward our employees as ...
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Supplier articleWhat does a rocketship have to do with company values?
By Glenn Elliott, FounderMost companies have corporate values but many employees struggle to remember them or even understand what they really mean. Even fewer companies manage to explain how the values link to the company’s mission.As we've often talked about, Purpose, Mission and Values is one of the foundational elements ...
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How to avoid burning out at work
Employees who get in early, stay late, don’t take breaks and work on the weekends can end up burning out. Work burnout can be caused by large workloads, stress from working long hours, difficult colleagues and endless deadlines. All of which can lead to a lack of motivation, productivity, positivity, ...
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Supplier articleThe crazy way a unicorn helped me create the perfect job advertisement
By Catrin Lewis, Internal Communications ManagerIt should have been simple. People recruit new team members all the time. With Reward Gateway growing in size, it was time to recruit another member to join the Internal Communications team. It wouldn’t be too hard. I wrote content day in, day out. A ...
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Supplier articleHow to showcase your company culture with themed communications calendars
By Catrin Lewis, Internal Communications ManagerWhen thinking about your employee communications strategy, it’s helpful to take a step back and look at the big picture. Whether you currently have a strategy in place, or you’re just starting out, there’s always room for improvement. Ask yourself if there are any areas ...
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Boosting morale in the workplace
The average person will spend 90,000 hours at work over a lifetime, which means one third of your waking hours will be spent at work. Low morale can be displayed through high turnover rates, fewer employee conversations and decreased productivity. The UK’s productivity sank again in the second quarter of ...
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Supplier articleFour reasons why your millennial employees might be ignoring you (from a millennial)
By Hayley Cooper, Client Success ManagerMillennials are used to getting a bad rap. Apparently, we’re “entitled,” “lazy,” “unmanageable” and “ruining [insert whatever industry you’re concerned about here].”This is a pretty big group of people to be making negative assumptions about. The Pew Research Centre defines the millennial generation as anyone ...
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How to tackle stress
We all know what it is like to feel stressed and it can become overwhelming at times. A shocking 526,000 workers suffered from work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2016/2017 and 12.5 million working days were lost because of the conditions. Identifying when you are stressed and why is the ...
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Aon DC Members Survey
With pensions continuing to be a significant focus for employers, we're pleased to be able to reveal some of the findings from our second DC Member survey. The main topic that this survey was designed to look at was "Helping your members achieve their goals". The survey was carried out ...