All Employee engagement articles – Page 10

  • Motability Operations wellbeing
    Article

    Motability Operations' staff experience beekeeping in wellbeing initiative

    6 September 2024

    Something for the weekend: Employees at Motability Operations, based in Edinburgh, created a buzz during their lunch hour by taking part in a beekeeping experience through a new wellbeing initiative. The organisation, which employs 200 employees, runs the Motability Scheme for more than 80,000 disabled people in ...

  • 5 September 2024
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    The top 10 most read articles between 30 August - 5 September 2024

    6 September 2024

    The top 10 most read articles between 30 August - 5 September 2024 on employeebenefits.co.uk were: Government rolls out health check programme to workplaces Zellis Group to acquire Benify from Vitruvian Partners Coventry Building Society and Unum named Best Places to Work in Financial Services NHS ...

  • Police Now certification
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    Police Now receives Great Place to Work certification

    5 September 2024

    Police Now has received Great Place to Work certification as part of its commitment to ensuring the wellbeing of its more than 100 employees is a top organisational priority. Police Now recruits, trains and supports individuals to become leaders in society and on the policing frontline. Great ...

  • Scottish Environment Protection Agency
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    Scottish Environment Protection Agency introduces domestic abuse and gender-based violence policy

    5 September 2024

    The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has implemented a new domestic abuse and gender-based violence policy aimed at fostering a safe, inclusive and supportive workplace for all of its employees. As part of its zero-tolerance approach to any form of violence and discrimination, the policy was designed ...

  • HSBC Aileen Taylor
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    HSBC appoints group chief human resources and governance officer

    5 September 2024

    Banking organisation HSBC has appointed Aileen Taylor as group chief human resources and governance officer, effective from 1 October. Taylor currently holds the role of group company secretary and chief governance officer and has a track record of more than 20 years of advising boards and executives ...

  • take responsibility for health
    Analysis

    How can employers empower staff to take responsibility for their own health?

    5 September 2024

    Encouraging staff to take responsibility for their health should start with a culture of personal accountability.Employers can show they care about employees’ health by providing solutions and services tailored to their needs.Facilitating conversations around health can help to reduce stigma and ensure workplaces are more inclusive.Benenden Health’s August 2024 research ...

  • Lancashire County Council menopause
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    Lancashire County Council receives menopause-friendly accreditation

    4 September 2024

    Lancashire County Council has been awarded menopause-friendly accreditation from Henpicked: Menopause In The Workplace.The menopause-friendly accreditation recognises high standards and proven practices that embrace menopause in the workplace. Employers must demonstrate evidence of their effectiveness in culture, policies and practices, training, engagement and working environment to achieve accreditation.The council was ...

  • Best Places to Work Financial Services
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    Coventry Building Society and Unum named Best Places to Work in Financial Services

    3 September 2024

    Coventry Building Society, benefits provider Unum and insurance firm Admiral Group have been named as some of the best places to work in financial services and insurance in 2024. The list was created by global workplace culture firm Great Place To Work UK by analysing the responses ...

  • Zellis Group Benify
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    Zellis Group to acquire Benify from Vitruvian Partners

    3 September 2024

    HR, payroll, and benefits administration software firm Zellis Group has reached an agreement to acquire employee benefits administration software provider Benify from Vitruvian Partners. The transaction will see Benify be combined with Benefex, Zellis Group’s benefits administration and employee engagement software business, while Vitruvian Partners will become ...

  • HSB pension investment
    Case Studies

    HSB uses pension committee and resources to boost investment confidence

    3 September 2024

    Specialist insurance and inspection business HSB improves employees’ confidence in investment choices through an approach centred around its pension governance committee and providing resources to staff.The organisation has a workforce of 550 UK and Ireland employees. Its committee comprises four appointed members, including external pension advisors and a representative from ...

  • Encirc wellbeing
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    Encirc opens looped walkway for employee wellbeing

    30 August 2024

    Something for the weekend: Glass container design, manufacturing, bottling and logistics firm Encirc has created a looped walkway at its Derrylin, Northern Ireland factory, which it has now opened for its employees to use for their wellbeing. The 560 metre looped walkway was created with Business in ...

  • top10news23-29Aug
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    The top 10 most read articles between 23 - 29 August 2024

    30 August 2024

    The top 10 most read articles between 23 - 29 August 2024 on employeebenefits.co.uk were: Allpay introduces Hereford Gift Card as staff reward Next workers win equal pay claim Increased workload behind mental health absences for 40% of employers Scottish Power Energy Network workers accept pay ...

  • Malmaison Dundee gift card
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    Malmaison Dundee introduces gift card to reward employees

    29 August 2024

    Boutique hotel Malmaison Dundee has introduced the Dundee Loves Local Gift Card to recognise and reward its employees. Malmaison staff will receive the Dundee Loves Local Gift Card as a reward through its employee of the month initiative. The card will also be used on an ad-hoc ...

  • Akkodis gold employer recognition
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    Akkodis receives gold employer recognition award due to flexible working

    27 August 2024

    Akkodis, a global smart industry firm and part of the Adecco Group, has received the gold employer recognition scheme award due to its flexible working offering for its employees. Distributed by the Ministry of Defence, the gold award is the highest recognition given to employers who demonstrate ...

  • Post Office people
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    Post Office appoints head of people strategy, planning and governance

    27 August 2024

    Post Office has appointed Juliet Crisp as its new head of people strategy, planning, and governance as of this month. With experience in HR leadership, talent development strategies and impactful people change initiatives, Crisp will be supporting the Post Office’s new people strategy that focuses on employee ...

  • Allpay employee reward
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    Allpay introduces Hereford Gift Card as staff reward

    23 August 2024

    Payments specialist firm Allpay has introduced the Hereford Gift Card as a permanent employee reward after a successful pilot and positive feedback. The firm’s 300 employees can choose the Hereford Gift Card as a reward in exchange for points within its reward and recognition platform, which can ...

  • Budapest best workcation city
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    Budapest named the world’s best workcation city for 2024

    23 August 2024

    Something for the weekend: Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, has been named the world’s best workcation city for 2024 in research by International Workplace Group. Following the increase in popularity of workcations, where people combine work with travel for a few days at the end of ...

  • Debbie Lovewell Tuck Editor Employee Benefits
    Opinion

    Lovewell's logic: The right to switch off from work

    23 August 2024

    How easy do you find it to switch off from work? Although this is not a new issue by any means, since the Covid-19 pandemic, the blurring of boundaries between work and home life has become more pronounced as a greater number of employees spend at least ...

  • Best Workplaces for Millennials
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    Cisco, Hilton and KnowBe4 among the Best Workplaces for Millennials 2024

    21 August 2024

    Credit: rafapress / Shutterstock.com Software firm Cisco, hotel chain Hilton and security awareness training platform KnowBe4 have been named as some of the Best Workplaces for Millennials 2024 by global workplace culture firm Great Place To Work. Its certification is used as a global benchmark for identifying ...

  • flexible working employees
    Opinion

    Amanda Glover: Impact of new flexible working laws on employees

    21 August 2024

    The employment law changes that came into effect in April 2024 are likely to have been overshadowed for many by the general election and the multitude of proposed employment law changes that have been put on the table by the Labour party.The Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023, which came ...