All Employee engagement articles – Page 159
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AnalysisHow to select the right Christmas rewards for staff
If you read nothing else, read this …First determine what kind of Christmas reward to give staff, such as an annual bonus, sales incentive, festive thank-you or seasonal gift.Gift cards and vouchers are popular, while employers can also help staff with their work-life balance by providing more time off during ...
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ArticleWorkplace stress linked to lower productivity
Employees who suffer from high stress levels in the workplace are less engaged, not as productive and have higher absence rates than those operating under lower stress, according to research by consultancy Towers Watson.Its Global benefits attitudes survey, which surveyed 22,347 people across 12 countries, found that only 10% of ...
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ArticleTui Travel engages staff with non-cash reward
Robert Cross, head of reward, UK and Ireland at Tui Travel, is to lead a session on the importance of non-monetary reward at Employee Benefits Live.The session, ‘Delivering a true total reward strategy’, will also emphasise the importance of listening to employees and understanding the employee demographic.Cross said: “It will ...
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ArticleLine managers key to employee engagement
Line managers are responsible for employee engagement, according to Professor Linda Holbeche (pictured), co-author of Engaged: Unleashing Your Organisation’s Potential Through Employee Engagement.Organisations need to step away from the practice of human resources surveys and focus more upon benefits and rewards, to ensure a more engaged workforce.“If you create high ...
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AnalysisWhich key attributes will HR and benefits professionals of the future possess?
If you read nothing else, read this…The role of HR and benefits professionals has evolved from administrator to business growth driver.Employee engagement is at the heart of the HR and benefits professional of the future.Benefits professionals that develop a neurological approach to employee engagement will have a more competitive edge. ...
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ArticleSocial media is key to staff engagement
Mervyn Dinnen (pictured), blogger, and content and social engagement strategist, will speak about social media and its role in engaging employees in the opening keynote session on the second day of Employee Benefits Live.The session, ‘Social media to engage top talent’, will provide an overview of social media, including how ...
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ArticleAsons launches benefits to boost staff motivation
Asons Solicitors has launched a range of initiatives to help boost the motivation and satisfaction of its 306 staff. The Greater Manchester-based law firm has launched a social committee, a corporate gym membership and a referral scheme.It has also introduced a gift and incentives scheme, where employees are rewarded with ...
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ArticleClare Bettelley: Is tokenism an effective driver of engagement?
Prime Minister David Cameron this week announced an overhaul of his cabinet that saw the ousting of 11 ‘white male ’suits’ and promotion of eight women as part of his ongoing efforts to modernise the Tory party.I’m all for representation, but this reshuffle smacks of tokenism at best, and we ...
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Danone has most engaging benefits package
Danone won the award for Most engaging benefits package at the Employee Benefits Awards 2014.Read why the organisation was judged to be the best in this category.The Employee Benefits Awards 2014 were held on 27 June 2014 at the Artillery Garden at the HAC London.
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ArticleESPN and Walt Disney staff take part in summer wellbeing events
EXCLUSIVE: More than 8,000 employees from 50 organisations based at Chiswick Park, London, are taking part in a number of health and wellbeing events this summer.The business park, which includes employers such as ESPN, Paramount Pictures, Starbucks and the Walt Disney Company, is running its summer programme between 6 June ...
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ArticleGentoo Group wins engagement and wellbeing award
Gentoo Group has received the Bupa Workwell Engagement and Wellbeing Award at Business in the Community’s (BITC) Responsible Business Awards.The awards celebrate the achievements of employers that are tackling key social and environmental issues.The organisation, which operates care, support, construction and property services, works with 42 partner organsiations to embed ...
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ArticleJaguar Land Rover staff to volunteer at Invictus Games
Jaguar Land Rover employees will be given the opportunity to work as volunteers at the Invictus Games, the international sporting event for ‘wounded warriors’ that is championed by Prince Harry.Around 150 of the car manufacturer’s staff will be part of the 600 volunteers helping to run the games, which will ...
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OpinionTobin Murphy-Coles: The employer conundrum that won’t go away
Organisational chaos and disruption is something everyone in the HR and benefits industry has felt as a result of the economic downturn, and its effects rumble on as business leaders continue to scrutinise their costs.But one positive effect of this disruption is that it makes organisations stop and think about ...
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ArticleOscar Mayer re-engages staff with cash plan
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar Mayer is re-engaging employees in its health cash plan following 10 years with its provider Bupa.At the end of July, the food manufacturer ran promotional campaigns and competitions for staff across its three sites in Kent, North Wales and Somerset to boost engagement. Some 85% of its 1,600 ...
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VIDEO: Jackie Buttery: Create a benefits agenda for a diverse workforce
She said: “The challenge is getting the right initiatives first and keeping momentum over the long term, beyond the launch phase and into further years of development.”The biggest challenge facing HR and benefits professionals is creating a sustainable benefits agenda that resonates with a diverse workforce, said Jackie Buttery, head ...
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ArticleAligning benefits to business strategies biggest engagement driver
More than one-third (42%) of employers consider the difficulties of aligning employees’ needs and desires with their organisation’s business objectives to be the biggest threat to future employee engagement, according to Employee Benefits/Lorica 100 Club research 2014, published in June. The next biggest threat is pay constraints, cited by 15% ...
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Key challenges in delivering the EVP of the future
If you read nothing else, read this…The employee value proposition (EVP) of the future must reflect employees’ evolving needs.Learning and development will be a key feature of future EVPs.Line manager performance is one of the biggest challenges facing HR and benefits professionals.Less than a quarter of respondents (22%) to the ...
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Article82% see cost as key barrier to benefits choice
More than two-thirds (82%) of employers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) cited the increased financial burden on their benefits budget as the key barrier to implementing employee choice programmes.Its 2014 EMEA Employee choice survey in benefits report, which questioned 636 employers across 17 countries, found that 53% ...
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OpinionJenny Davidson: How can a reward strategy drive employee engagement?
In the past, pay and benefits have tended to be described as a ‘hygiene’ factor, with little impact on employee engagement. More emphasis was given to career development and employees’ relationship with their manager (leadership).The employee’s perception of pay and benefits, and how fairly they are rewarded within the organisation, ...
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ArticleDisengagement linked to high stress levels
EXCLUSIVE: Just over half (57%) of respondents who reported high levels of stress at work said they were disengaged, while 8% said they were highly disengaged, according to research by Towers Watson.Its 2013/14 Global benefits attitudes survey: developing a culture of health and wellbeing – UK results questioned 2,030 UK ...