All Employee engagement articles – Page 166

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    BITC relaunches staff volunteering day

    2013-01-18T12:01:00Z

    Business in the Community (BITC) has launched its 2013 Give and Gain Day, the UK’s national day of employee volunteering.Give and Gain Day will be held on 17 May 2013.So far, more than 60,000 employees across 31 countries have participated in Give and Gain Day, which was first introduced in ...

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    UKTV switches staff on to value of benefits

    2013-01-02T00:00:00Z

    When a staff survey revealed widespread knowledge gaps about its employee benefits package, UKTV took the opportunity to communicate the real value of its perks.Its communication strategy included a two-day benefits and wellbeing event last October, which focused on raising awareness about UKTV’s core benefits, including its pension and private ...

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    William Grant and Sons raises staff engagement

    2012-12-03T11:46:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: William Grant and Sons has increased employee engagement with its reward package over the past two years.The majority (86%) of the distillery’s 1,600 staff participated in its employee engagement survey, provided by Towers Watson.In the reward category, William Grant and Sons’ results have risen six percentage points since 2010. ...

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    Staff engagement important in investor choice

    2012-11-30T12:07:00Z

    Investors should look at an organisation’s employee engagement activity when considering its investment value, according to the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF).Its People and investment value guide encourages pension fund trustees and asset managers to consider the employee value proposition a business uses to engage staff beyond monetary rewards ...

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    Edenred launches employee engagement guide

    2012-11-26T11:13:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Edenred has launched a guide to help employers improve employee engagement.It aims to help organisations work with managers to ensure reward and benefits better support employee engagement, improve organisational performance and deliver return on investment.The guide builds on the ideas of Engage for Success, the new movement led by ...

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    Diageo and NetApp among best global workplaces

    2012-11-15T11:28:00Z

    Ten employers with operations in the UK, including Diageo, NetApp and Teléfonica O2, have been listed among the world’s best places to work.The Great Place to Work Institute, a global research, consulting and training firm, publishes the 2012 Top 25 World’s Best Multinational Workplaces List.The 10 UK operations are: NetApp ...

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    Louise Aston: Help employers achieve engagement

    2012-11-15T09:45:00Z

    This week’s launch of the Engage for Success report (Employee engagement – the evidence) has reiterated the critical need for organisations to ensure they have an effective employee engagement strategy in place. The numbers speak for themselves: £26 billion in gross domestic product (GDP) is being missed each year as ...

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    Employee engagement levels stagnate

    2012-11-13T11:49:00Z

    Employee engagement levels have stagnated, with less than two-thirds (64%) of the UK workforce feeling engaged, according to research by global management consultancy Hay Group.Its Insight database, which includes information from 1,610 organisations across 46 countries, found that although 70% of respondents feel motivated to go the extra mile for ...

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    Employee engagement website launches

    2012-11-12T11:32:00Z

    The Employee Engagement Task Force has launched its Engage for Success website, which includes case studies, research, tools and tips on how to better engage employees.The website is a free-to-use national resource, which aims to help leaders and managers take practical action to engage their staff.David MacLeod and Nita Clarke, ...

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    Pension can be a benefit for all

    2012-10-19T09:42:00Z

    Employees need to understand the benefit of a pension in order for an employer to see a benefit from investing in a scheme, according to Paul Armitage, head of DC consulting at JLT Benefit Solutions.Speaking on the second day of the National Association of Pension Funds’ annual conference, Armitage said ...

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    BITC launches Workwell Benchmark

    2012-10-03T09:47:00Z

    Business in the Community (BITC) has launched the Workwell Benchmark to measure FTSE 100 organisations’ management of employee wellbeing and engagement in the workplace.The benchmark will be based on a questionnaire, which covers areas such as leadership and management, occupational health and wellbeing promotions, and employee engagement.Paul Litchfield, chair of ...