All Employee engagement articles – Page 158
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ArticleAdam Brooke: Are Christmas parties worth the spend?
While we fondly remember the traditional office Christmas party as a great way to share the joy of the season and increase employee bonding, some of us have also encountered (or been told about) the team member who had one drink too many and finally said what they really thought ...
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Google wins best employer award
Google has been recognised by the Employees’ Choice Awards 2015, run by recruiter Glassdoor, as the best company to work for in the UK.The search engine received a 4.4 out of 5 rating, closely followed by John Lewis, which received a 4.3 rating.The results are based solely on input from ...
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ArticleIan Hodson: Are Christmas parties worth the spend?
In whatever format it takes, being able to say thank-you to their workforce is really important for employers.The cost of a celebration event is often easier to justify than the significant cost through the payroll in the form of remuneration.But I think there are a few fundamental questions employers have ...
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Case StudiesB&Q keeps reward simple
Simplification has been at the heart of B&Q’s HR strategy over the past year as part of the organisation’s efforts to help staff understand and appreciate the value of their benefits and, ultimately, to boost take-up. The move is aligned with B&Q’s business objective to simplify its pricing model in ...
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Case StudiesCafcass restructured benefits team to aid engagement
Until around two and a half years ago, 80% of the employer’s benefits resource was focused on employee relations, which dealt with case work, discipliniaries and sickness absence. But the structure was inefficient in resolving employee issues and resulted in the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills ...
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ArticleAnne Teggart: Has flexible benefits had its day?
The make-up and needs of our workforces are changing, so as employers, we should constantly be re-visiting our employer value proposition to ensure that what we are offering drives the best possible engagement. That includes benefits, as well as the breadth of other plans and programmes that make up the ...
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ArticleCould shorter working days boost productivity?
Something for the weekend…Workplaces in Sweden tend to structure their working days to last just six hours in an attempt to boost employees’ productivity when they are present in the workplace.A study from screen screen sharing, online meetings and team collaboration services provider Join.me, revealed that 40% of workers aged ...
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ArticleHome Group to re-launch benefits package
Home Group is to re-launch its employee benefits package and introduce three new benefits later this month.Its map-themed re-launch (pictured) will bring together Home Group’s full benefits proposition in a single web-based portal, provided by Edenred. The move is aimed at driving up employees’ engagement with benefits.As well as repositioning ...
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OpinionDenise Keating: Flexibility increases wellbeing
Employers typically offer formal flexible-working policies, such as leave for parents, and flexibility around sabbatical or other opportunities.The reality is that flexible working is driven only when an employee has a need, such as childcare and eldercare.On the other hand, agile working is where an employer provides employees with flexibility ...
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ArticlePFK Cooper Parry introduces open holiday policy
Accountancy firm PFK Cooper Parry has introduced an open holiday policy, enabling employees to decide how much paid time off work they take and when they take it.The scheme, which forms part of the organisation’s flexible-working strategy and launched last month, is based on managers’ trust that their teams will ...
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ArticleEmployee share plans boost motivation and loyalty
Employees who participate in employee share plans are less likely to be absent and to leave their employer, but more likely to work longer hours and be more satisfied with their roles, according to research undertaken by National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and London School of Economics ...
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VideoVIDEO: Chris Chandler: Car schemes must be aligned to staff expectations
Employers with plans to implement a company car scheme must ensure that they engage staff in the process, according to Chris Chandler, principal consultant at Lex Autolease in an interview with Clare Bettelley, associate editor at Employee Benefits. At the Employee Benefits Fleet Debate in August, Chandler said: ”It’s really ...
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Article52% do not provide financial education for employees
More than half (52%) of respondents do not provide any financial education to employees, according to research by employee benefits adviser firm Secondsight.However, the research also found that two-thirds (67%) of the 1,013 UK employees surveyed claim that they do not receive financial education from their boss, and 77% of ...
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ArticleDisengaged staff fuel HMRC change strategy
HMRC is in the midst of a change management strategy fuelled by staff who were left feeling unengaged and lacking a vision of where the organisation was heading following its creation.HMRC was created out of a merger between Customs and Excise and the Inland Revenue in 2005 when the organisation ...
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ArticleEmployers need to do more with less
Employers are still facing the challenge of needing to do more around benefits with fewer funds.Speaking in a session on ‘Building the business case for benefits’ at Employee Benefits Live 2014, Nadeen Jackson Barker, HR reward manager at Axa, said employers have to balance the aspects of benefits that are ...
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ArticleOveruse of staff surveys can lead to staff cynicism
Employers that conduct frequent staff surveys and fail to analyse and act on their findings can lead to cynical employees who feel left without a voice, according to professor Linda Holbeche.In a session entitled, ‘How to engage employees to unleash productivity’, Holbeche presented at Employee Benefits Live 2014, she acknowledged ...
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ArticleMervyn Dinnen: Should employers use social media to communicate benefits?
According to the study of 2,300 global employees, only about four in 10 feel they can confidently explain to others what their organisation does or what its goals are. The same report also found that 88% of staff use a social media site for personal use, and 50% of them ...
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ArticleReading Uni launches benefits on a limited budget
Claire Eckett, HR manager, rewards and benefits at the University of Reading, will share her experiences of launching a recognition programme on a limited budget during a session at Employee Benefits Live.The session, ‘Motivation and recognition schemes to drive productivity’, will cover why the university introduced the scheme, how it ...
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ArticleICSA enhances health and wellbeing programme
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) has introduced an activities platform to enhance its health and wellbeing programme. The platform, provided by MiPins, enables employees to discover and participate in activities based on their preferences, abilities and availability.On ICSA’s health and wellbeing launch day (pictured), staff could participate ...
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ArticleSamsung uses technology to boost engagement
Joanna Bean (pictured), head of reward, UK and Ireland at Samsung, will demonstrate how the organisation has used flexible benefits technology to boost employee enagegement.She will speak in a session titled ‘Flexible benefits to boost employee engagement’ at Employee Benefits Live, which will focus on using benefits and technology to ...