All Employee engagement articles – Page 133
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ArticleAcas, HSBC and Sky recognised as Best Employers for Race 2018
Non-departmental public body The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas), financial services organisation HSBC (pictured), telecommunications business Sky and law firm Slaughter and May are among the organisations recognised on the Best Employers for Race 2018 list, compiled by business-community outreach charity Business in the Community (BITC).Sandra Kerr OBE, race ...
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Supplier articleSummer Rebel Reads: Most popular plays
By Meghan Barrett, Content Marketing Editor Most often, being an avid writer means being an avid reader, too. While sometimes it’s great to get lost in a book (or five!), I like that I have a library of learning right at my fingertips on our sister site, “Build it: The ...
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ArticleCo-investment rate for apprenticeship training to be halved for small employers
Autumn Budget 2018: Small employers' co-investment rate for apprenticeship training is to be cut from 10% to 5%, chancellor Philip Hammond announced in the Autumn Budget 2018.The government is providing up to £240 million of funding to allow for the halving of the rate.Stephen Martin, director general of the Institute ...
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Benefits & CSR (how to use benefits to boost CSR)
Whatever your Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy, your employee benefits package should support it. Even if you don’t have a specific CSR strategy in place, the benefits you offer can work really well in helping companies execute their economic, environmental and social responsibilities.Start with you and your industryThe type of ...
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ArticleJust 12% of UK SMEs prioritise employee engagement strategies
While 87% of UK small to medium enterprises (SMEs) claim they are taking active steps to improve employee engagement, only 12% list it as a business priority, according to research by marketing organisation Propellernet.The September 2018 survey of 250 senior managers and 250 employees at UK SMEs also revealed an ...
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ArticleSeven in 10 considering starting their own business due to dissatisfaction
More than seven in 10 (71%) UK employees are considering starting their own business because they are dissatisfied with their employers, according to research by freelance job website PeoplePerHour.The survey of over 1,000 current UK workers, carried out in September 2018, found that the majority (68%) have little to no ...
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ArticleHungry Horse seeks pub-licist to drink beer and get paid for it
Something for the weekend: Hungry Horse is looking for the UK’s first-ever ‘pub-licist’ to drink beer, take part in pub quizzes and play pool, all while getting paid for the privilege.Yes, the official job title is actually ‘pub-licist’. The pub chain, which has 39 establishments across the UK, is offering ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid looks at LinkedIn
It’s rare for me to log on to LinkedIn when I am in the office because unless you are looking for a job or touting for business, it really isn’t all that interesting. However, now I’ve got the app on my phone, I do look, mainly because I keep forgetting ...
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ArticleBain and Company tops workplace rankings for culture and leadership
Management consultancy Bain and Company is the organisation with the best workplace culture and leadership in the UK, according to research by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and website Glassdoor.Bain and Company topped the ‘Leadership and culture at work top 20’ rankings, based on analysis of the reviews posted on ...
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Supplier articleEmployee engagement – looking into the future with Generation Z
In recent time gone by, it seems like professionals couldn’t go a day without hearing about the Millennials and how to attract, retain and manage them, their values and needs in a company. Fast forward to the present, these millennials are now mostly well past junior roles and the buzzword ...
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Supplier articlePart Two: Your Employee Engagement Platform Implementation Checklist (Launch)
By Federica Silvi, Senior Implementation Specialist Launching 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 big investment ...
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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 ExperienceWhy 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 for more? The ...
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Getting the best out of different generations in the workplace
Continual social and economic changes affect people in different ways which mean that different generations will have changing job needs. Businesses need to be in tune with the needs of the different generations they employ, so they can get the best out of their workforce and continue to attract the ...
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Supplier article6 Ways to Show Your Workforce that You’re Really Listening
By Natalie Baumgartner is the Chief Workforce Scientist, AchieversIt’s no secret that the majority (87 percent) of today’s workers feel disengaged in the workplace. While there are many reasons for this high level of disengagement, employee complaints about employers not listening to them certainly ranks high on the list. In ...
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ArticleGovernment launches race at work charter to tackle ethnic workplace disparities
The government has announced a 'race at work charter' containing a series of measures to tackle ethnic disparities in the workplace.Developed in partnership with Business in the Community (BITC), the charter sets out a number of principles and actions for businesses to commit to publicly. A number of high-profile organisations ...
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Supplier articleHow the right company culture can help remove the 'leadership pedestal'
By Catrin Lewis, Head of Global Engagement We’re on a mission to make the world a better place to work. If you’re scrolling through our website or reading our blog, this is pretty apparent. Aligning our workforce with our purpose, mission and values is a huge part of my job ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Employers need to improve employee experience around digital transformation
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Employers need to improve the employee experience around the constantly evolving digital transformation, to help mitigate career disruption for employees and avoid potential skills shortages.In a session titled ‘Transformational change and the impact of digital on employee experience’, Martin Kirke, group HR director at the Post ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Stephens Scown charts successful employee engagement journey
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Law firm Stephens Scown has implemented an employee engagement strategy that has seen it ranked for the last four years in the Sunday Times Best 100 companies to work for.In a session titled ‘Engaging multi-generational workplaces’, Lucy Palmer, director of HR at Stephens Scown, described the ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Building an inclusive culture must start from the top
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Building a diverse and inclusive culture requires full understanding and buy-in from the organisation’s leadership.In a session titled ‘What does an inclusive workplace look like?’ Catherine Garrod, head of inclusion at Sky, Emma Codd, managing partner for talent at Deloitte, Philip Wilson, head of assessment and ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: eBay's Hooper-Campbell says employers must break convention to celebrate diversity
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Employers must stop looking for a quick solution, and instead work on breaking conventions to truly celebrate and promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.In the opening keynote address on day two of Employee Benefits Live, entitled ‘Breaking with convention’, Damien Hooper-Campbell, vice president and the ...