All Employee engagement articles – Page 135
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Supplier articleThe multiplier effect in Employee Engagement
The race to acquire, engage and retain the right employees in a business is ongoing and as always, ever-challenging. Competition is high, turnover is expensive and employees want job satisfaction and to be engaged more so than ever before. Employee engagement is one area which all HR teams and leaders ...
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Supplier articleAre you listening to your employees?
Your employees can tell you exactly what your benefits programme should look like, but are you listening?Our research found that what today’s employees really want is a range of benefits, accessible in a variety of ways, to help them achieve their personal goals. Organisations need to look at how they ...
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ArticleB Braun Medical holds learning and personal development week
Sheffield-based healthcare organisation B Braun Medical has hosted a learning and personal development week for its 1,400 employees.The Learnfest Week, which was held between 11 and 15 June 2018, was designed to encourage employees towards lifelong learning opportunities, support personal development and drive improvements in productivity.Over the course of the ...
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Supplier articleEngage or die: Act fast on engagement and outpace the competition
Written by Ruth Chapman, Senior Marketing Manager, Achievers EMEAThe latest report from Gallup states that just 1 in 10 UK and EU workers are actively engaged and with UK productivity seeing further falls during 2017, according to the Office for National Statistics – it is no surprise that the UK ...
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ArticleBarclays, Herbert Smith Freehills and Vodafone recognised as top global employers for LGBT staff
Barclays, Herbert Smith Freehills (pictured), the Royal Bank of Scotland, Vodafone and Zurich Insurance Group are among the organisations recognised on the Top Global Employers 2018 list, compiled by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality charity Stonewall.The list, now in its seventh year, celebrates organisations that are striving to ...
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Supplier articleProductivity = putting people first
By Denise Willett, senior directorWith employee engagement and productivity lower in Britain than global averages, we have a real opportunity to change the dreaded “productivity in Britain” conversation with some fundamental shifts:ListenEmpower employees by giving them an avenue to provide feedback in real-time. Engagement is fluid and how we feel ...
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Supplier articleReward Gateway acquires US employee engagement specialist brand Integrity
Global employee engagement company Reward Gateway announced today that it has acquired Brand Integrity, a 15-year-old employee engagement specialist operating from Rochester, N.Y.The addition of Brand Integrity’s operations more than doubles Reward Gateway’s U.S. team and adds new clients committed to employee engagement, including Rite-Aid, Constellation Brands, and Excellus BlueCross ...
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ArticleWomen and Equalities Committee says government is failing to enforce age discrimination laws
Discrimination is the root cause of the fact that more than one million individuals in the UK aged 50-plus are not working, despite being willing to do so, according to a report published today (17 July 2018) by The Women and Equalities Committee.The report on older people and employment also ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Reward Gateway acquires US employee engagement specialist Brand Integrity
EXCLUSIVE: Global employee engagement and HR technology provider Reward Gateway announced today (17 July 2018) that it has acquired Brand Integrity, an employee engagement specialist operating from Rochester, New York.Brand Integrity, founded in 2002, is an employee engagement technology and consulting organisation that works with clients across 25 industries, including ...
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ArticleAXA, Croydon Council and DWP recognised for equality and inclusion at ENEI Awards
AXA, Croydon Council (pictured), and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) were just some of the winners commended at the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (ENEI) Awards.The awards, which took place on 10 July 2018 at the Law Society, recognised organisations with a commitment to good practice, above ...
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ArticleRandstad launches employee engagement platform for 1,400 staff
Specialist recruitment organisation Randstad has launched a new employee engagement platform for its 1,400 UK-based staff.The platform, called ‘your hub’, was launched on 28 June 2018 in conjunction with provider Personal Group. It has been designed to help Randstad improve staff retention and recruitment.'Your hub' allows employees to access health ...
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Supplier article5 Stories to Inspire Employee Benefits Success
By Ren Patel, client success directorHi,Ren Patel here - Client Success Director at Reward Gateway. I lead our UK Client Success team, who love working with our clients and want to be a part of introducing an engagement solution, to help better attract, engage and retain their employees. One of ...
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ArticleUltimate Software, Salesforce and Workday named USA’s Best workplaces for millennials 2018
US-based information technology organisations Ultimate Software, Salesforce and Workday are among the employers that have been recognised in the Best workplaces for millennials 2018 list, compiled by Great Place to Work USA.The list results from 398,000 survey respondents working at Great Place to Work-certified organisations in the US. This included ...
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Supplier articleLong Service Awards: what’s the best approach for my business?
By Jamie KingOne of the most frequent questions we are asked by our clients and potential clients is about how to best implement and reward staff for long service. This is not quite as simple as the question may seem and there are a number of considerations. For example, is ...
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Article32% of UK SMEs have implemented benefits packages above statutory minimum
Just under a third (32%) of UK employer respondents working in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have implemented benefits packages above statutory minimum levels, for example additional days of paid leave, in order to improve productivity, according to research by NatWest.Its Productivity in focus: Germany vs the UK report, which ...
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ArticleLeeds Building Society doubles paid volunteering time for staff
Employees of Leeds Building Society can now take up to 14 hours of paid leave per year to volunteer for good causes, effective immediately, as part of an expansion of the organisation's volunteering programme.Previously, the programme allowed staff seven hours of paid leave per year to spend working in their ...
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Tackling employee turnover
High employee turnover can be damaging to a business because losing talent means costly resources need to be invested into hiring, training and ensuring new starters are brought up to speed.Not only can high employee turnover be expensive but it can negatively affect business performance too, cause a deterioration of ...
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Supplier articleWhat’s a good rate of engagement for my employee benefits scheme?
We work with a huge range of organisations and whether we’re talking to a global investment bank, a specialist charity or a fledgling startup, one of the first questions we’re asked is what sort of engagement rate employers should be looking to achieve with their employee benefits platform.Employee benefits schemes ...
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Supplier articleWhat does a successful employee engagement programme look like?
By James Edwards, Client Success DirectorSo you’ve established goals, analysed data, reviewed the options and put an employee engagement strategy into action. Great! But now what?Monitoring your programme is one thing, but to continually improve your levels of engagement, your employee engagement program needs TLC.It's all about your willingness to ...
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ArticleSalesforce UK, Hilton and The Sovini Group named 2018’s UK Best Workplaces
Admiral Group, Hilton, Pets at Home, The Sovini Group and Salesforce UK (pictured) are among the organisations that have been named the UK Best Workplaces 2018 by the Great Place to Work Institute.The Best Workplaces list is based on results from an employee engagement survey and an independent workplace culture ...