All Employee engagement articles – Page 76
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Supplier articleHow can employee benefits support the employee experience?
Employers and HR in particular face huge challenges involving recruitment and retention and supporting employees with all the macro-environmental forces at play right now.How employers fare in these tricky times may ultimately rest on many factors, one of them being the employee experience.Where there are a huge number of job ...
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Supplier articleHow to support ESG priorities with employee benefits
Research has shown that better ESG scores translate to around a 10% lower cost of capital, according to McKinsey.Around 70% of the more than 2,000 studies conducted on the topic show a positive relationship between ESG scores and financial returns.So, what is ESG? Why is it so important? And what ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Should the UK move to a four-day week?
Last week, The Telegraph featured an article focusing on the experiences of several organisations currently participating in the UK’s pilot of a four-day working week.During the pilot, which is running between June and December 2022, more than 3,000 employees from 70 organisations across the UK will work 80% of their ...
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ArticleEatSleep Media launches unlimited annual leave
Cardiff-based production firm EatSleep Media has introduced unlimited annual leave for its 13 members of staff.Included in the policy is a minimum number holiday days, with no set maximum. The business will not require staff to submit formal leave requests in order to take holiday, and senior leadership will check ...
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Supplier articleHOW TO CREATE THE BEST NEW EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE WHEN ONBOARDING
What’s the most important factor that impacts whether or not a new hire is a success? Their talent? The training process? How they’re managed? Believe it or not, the success or failure of a new starter can come down to that first couple of months. The onboarding ...
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ArticleJohn Hood: Are cost-of-living payments more effective than pay rises?
In these incredibly unprecedented times, any way employers are looking to support workers is positive. However, our focus, of course, is much more on the side of pay rises, rather than ad-hoc bonus payments.There are a few reasons for this, one of which is that our campaign at the Living ...
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Supplier article4 employee benefits trends to watch over the next 12 months
Author: Charlotte Neal, Senior Employee Engagement Specialist at Reward GatewayThis year’s Reward Gateway Summit showcased the latest perspectives on employee benefits from today’s leading HR minds and engagement experts.If you missed it, don’t worry! I’ve put my former journalist hat on to bring you some of the best emerging trends ...
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ArticleCrawford and Company launches inclusive bank holidays
Crawford and Company, a provider of claims management and outsourcing solutions to carriers, brokers and corporations, has introduced inclusive bank holidays for its 1,450 UK workers.To recognise that not everyone celebrates the same religious holidays, every UK-based employee regardless of length of service has been given flexibility with their bank ...
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Supplier articleHow to offer end-of-year support and recognition during a difficult economic climate
Author : Joe Benton, Employee Engagement Consultant at Reward GatewayAccording to the latest Opinions And Lifestyle Survey by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), sixteen million people have cut back on food and essentials during the cost-of-living crisis. With the Bank of England recently predicting that the country is heading ...
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Supplier article5 PRACTICAL WAYS TO ENHANCE THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE
Against the backdrop of the Great Resignation, holding onto your top talent has never been more important. Employee experience is essential to this, but it’s also key for organisations who want to drive the best business outcomes. But how can you enhance employee experience, and what factors ...
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Case StudiesRevolut offers full staff flexibility with working abroad policy
Digital banking app Revolut, which employs 1,400 UK workers, introduced its working-abroad policy not only to offer flexibility but also in response to increasing requests from its global workforce to visit families more often and for longer periods.As there are more than 80 nationalities represented among its workforce, the organisation ...
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AnalysisTop tips for implementing a work-from-anywhere policy
Asking staff what they are looking for or what is missing in a policy of this kind presents the opportunity to put improvements in place.Employers should account for the possible pitfalls by ensuring there are processes to follow.Some employees may choose to work in a location other than the workplace ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: The great talent conundrum
In a week that saw A-level students receive their exam results and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) publish its latest Labour Market Statistics, it is perhaps unsurprising that talent recruitment and retention have been the subject of much discussion.While the ONS report showed that vacancy rates in the UK ...
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ArticleOut of Office? Hybrid workers head for the beach this summer
Something for the weekend: Almost three-fifths (57%) of UK hybrid workers have planned to extend their overseas trips this summer in order to ditch the office and work from more idyllic locations, according to research by flexible workspace operator IWG.The research, which canvassed 1,009 hybrid office workers in August, found ...
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ArticleImmediate Media Co introduces menopause app for employees
Special interest and content platform business Immediate Media Co has launched menopause app Balance+ this month for its more than 1,000 members of staff, based in London, Manchester and Bristol.The app provides access to specialist medically approved content and live sessions to help with mental health, nutrition, sleep, physical and ...
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Supplier articleHOW TO CREATE AN EFFECTIVE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE STRATEGY?
What’s it like for someone who’s an employee of your organisation? You might have an idea already based on staff retention or employee feedback, or you might’ve even identified a problem with engagement that needs to be addressed. Whether you’re looking to improve talent acquisition and retention, ...
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ArticleShoosmiths introduces employee bonus scheme
Law firm Shoosmiths has launched its first formal employee bonus scheme as part of an updated reward strategy.The bonus scheme has been based on non-financial strategic goals and financial targets, and will pay the same percentage bonus to all employees in order to promote teamwork and collaboration. It has an ...
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ArticleTribunal finds in favour of finance executive in wellbeing and age discrimination case
An Employment Tribunal has found in favour of a finance executive who worked for e-commerce fulfilment provider Selazar, in claims that included unfair dismissal, breach of contract and age discrimination.Louise McCabe was one of the founding directors of Selazar when it was incorporated on 10 October 2014, alongside chief executive ...
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AnalysisHow to use total reward to create a unified culture
Need to know:Focusing on culture creates a natural connection with total reward that is authentic, compelling, and connects back to the employer brand.Encouraging discussion between remote and international teams about total reward drives connectivity, and unity and enhances the employee experience.Current talent shortages, coupled with soaring inflation and a higher ...
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ArticleWise recruits new chief people officer
Global technology business Wise has announced that it has added Isabel Naidoo (pictured) to its team as chief people officer.Naidoo joins the business, which was recently named one of Glassdoor’s top 20 best places to work in the UK, with global experience in the financial services, technology, and consulting sectors.Based ...