All Employee engagement articles – Page 124
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OpinionKsenia Zheltoukhova: To meet real staff needs, give them skills for the future
This week, Nesta is shining a spotlight on the future of work and skills, and has commissioned the UK’s first ever survey of people working in the jobs that are most at risk of being automated in the next decade. Shockingly, the results show that two in three of those ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid deals with benefits unrest
I dread going in there, and I worry if I am going to come out unscathed. I am talking, of course, of our IT department.More specifically, there is a group of specialist developers we inherited when we bought out a fintech start-up. Word on the third floor, Big Bad Boss ...
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Article7,000 Barcadi employees across the globe spend working hours visiting local bars
Something for the weekend: This week, Bacardi is asking 7,000 employees to take time out of their working days to go out and visit bars in more than 100 cities across the world, for more than just the usual Friday lunchtime pint. The 'Back to the Bar' initiative aims to ...
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ArticleNewcastle City Council, GSK and Pinsent Masons recognised for LGBT inclusion
Law firm Pinsent Masons, pharmaceutical organisation GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), and investment bank Citi have been included in charity organisation Stonewall's Top 100 Employers Index, with Newcastle City Council taking the top spot for 2020. The Top 100 Index comprises a yearly list of businesses that have worked towards achieving inclusion for ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Nesta to discuss navigating jobs of the future at Employee Benefits Connect 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Ksenia Zheltoukhova, director of research operations, research, analysis and policy at innovation foundation Nesta, will discuss how employers can navigate their way to the jobs of the future at Employee Benefits Connect 2020.The session, titled 'Empowering workers to navigate their way to the jobs of the future: How can ...
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ArticleJonckers introduces unlimited paid holiday globally
Global translation organisation Jonckers is implementing an unlimited paid holiday scheme for all 350 employees across the 10 countries in which it operates.Following an initial trial in its Czech and Slovak offices, which began this month, the organisation will roll out unlimited holiday for its 172 Belgian employees from March. ...
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Article62% believe they are fairly paid
Just under two-thirds (62%) believe they are fairly paid for the work that they do, according to research by Synergy.Its What employees want report, which surveyed 3,000 UK workers, also found that 24% of female respondents do not agree that they are fairly paid, compared to 18% of males.More than ...
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ArticleMcDonald's launches app to enhance education benefits for US staff
McDonald’s has launched a career exploration app to help US employees in 36,000 restaurants maximise the learning and education benefits available to themThe app, Archway to Careers, builds upon the organisation's existing Archways to Opportunity programme, which offers McDonald's staff the opportunity to learn English language skills, earn a high ...
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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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ArticleHarrods, Pure Planet and Adecco Group awarded for employee engagement
Harrods, renewable energy firm Pure Planet and recruitment organisation The Adecco Group are among the organisations recognised at the 2019 UK and European Employee Engagement Awards. The annual event, which was held at the Troxy, London on 23 January 2020, is designed to recognise organisations that put employee engagement at ...
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AnalysisWhen does diversity and inclusion become exclusive?
Need to know:Alternative and flexible approaches to work often breed resentment among those who feel they are not available to them, as well as excluding users from progression.Networks and groups can create an important space for support and conversation, but risk ignoring intersectionality and cordoning off parts of an organisation.Public ...
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Case StudiesPhilip Morris International goes beyond awareness training to build an inclusive culture
Multinational tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris International is in the process of going through a transformation, aiming to centre business around smoke-free tobacco alternatives. To successfully make this kind of a seismic shift, a talented and engaged workforce is vital.Melissa Whiting, vice president of diversity and inclusion at Philip Morris International, ...
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OpinionEmily Hodgson: What can employers do to improve social mobility?
You are 24 times more likely to be a doctor if you have a parent who is a doctor, and 17 times more likely to become a lawyer with a parent who is a lawyer. In 2020, what your parents did, where you grew up and where you went to ...
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ArticleLeeds Building Society and Huddersfield New College among Top 100 inclusive employers
Image credit: Yorkshire TimesThe National Centre for Diversity (NCFD) has announced the UK’s Top 100 Index of organisations working to make work environments more inclusive. Included on the list are organisations such as Leeds Building Society, Galliford Try Highways and Huddersfield New College. At an event on 17 January 2020, ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid begins succession planning
This year, along with the usual performance review, we have a new succession planning process to do. It gets worse: my team have been enlisted to help the other departments, in addition to completing our own.So, what does succession planning actually mean? When someone leaves, in real life, my organisation ...
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Supplier articleBlog: EMEA organisations are faced with employee engagement barriers
Only 23% of organisations in EMEA class themselves as tech innovators.HR and benefits teams in EMEA need the right technology in place to deliver on their engagement objectives. However, a lack of C-suite or board-level buy-in is one of the main barriers to investing in new technology.Thomsons Online Benefits’ blog ...
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Supplier articleHow does an employee recognition programme affect employee engagement?
Recognising and rewarding the great work that employees do is essential to driving employee engagement. For employees to feel focused, driven, and committed at work each day, it’s important that they see the meaningful difference that their projects are making – and employee recognition is one way of achieving this ...
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Supplier article5 employee engagement challenges keeping HR Directors up at night
The role of HR within organisations has evolved and expanded over the last two decades. It is now seen as a critical part of running a successful organisation. Human resources directors are responsible for far more than hiring and firing or smoothing over internal incidents! In fact, given the breadth ...
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ArticleBreakspear Park hosts Christmas market for 1,300 on-site employees
Hemel Hempstead business park Breakspear Park has held a pop-up Christmas market for the approximately 1,300 employees working for organisations with offices based in the complex. On 3 December 2019, employees at businesses including BAM Construction, NHSP, and Britvic were able to take advantage of the event, put on by ...
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ArticleFour-fifths believe employee experience links to business performance
Almost four-fifths (79%) of organisations believe that creating a positive employee experience directly correlates with improved business performance, according to Kincentric.The Kincentric’s 2019 global employee experience (EX) report, published in November 2019, surveyed 1,300 HR professionals worldwide, and also found that despite the perceived links to business success, less than ...