All Employee engagement articles – Page 81
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Supplier articleHow small businesses can overcome common employee benefits challenges
Employee benefits are an investment in people that can pay real dividends for businesses of any size.Here, we’ll look at some of the common barriers businesses cite when looking to introduce employee benefits.Ultimately, these barriers can be overcome to help make benefits more accessible for more companies and their teams.The ...
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Supplier articleThe impact of money worries - WEALTH at work reveals its latest survey results and what employers can do to help
According to the latest research by the Office for National Statistics, 77% of people over the age of 16 reported feeling “very or somewhat worried about the rising cost of living.”WEALTH at work, a leading financial wellbeing and retirement specialist, has also conducted research that has looked at the impact ...
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ArticleGovernment will not introduce menopause as a protected characteristic
Baroness Stedman-Scott, the Minister for Work and Pensions and Minister for Women, has confirmed that the government is not currently planning to introduce menopause as a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010, or to implement dual discrimination.Caroline Noakes MP, chair of the Women and Equalities Committee sent a letter ...
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Article69% of employers offer equal parental leave
Employee Benefits poll: Almost seven in 10 (69%) employers provide staff with equal parental leave, allowing them to take the same amount of paid or unpaid leave when a new child arrives, including in adoption and surrogacy cases.One-fifth (21%) of respondents to an online survey conducted by Employee Benefits earlier ...
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Supplier articleWorkplace mental health: why the right foundations matter
Tracey Ward, Head of Business Development & Marketing at Generali UK Employee Benefits interviews Dr Julie Denning, Chartered Health Psychologist and Managing Director of Working To Wellbeing, Chair, Vocational Rehabilitation Association UK In March this year, the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) published its Mental wellbeing at work guidelines ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: University of Lincoln wins Grand Prix at Employee Benefits Awards 2022
EXCLUSIVE: The University of Lincoln was presented with the highly coveted Grand Prix award for the second year in a row at the Employee Benefits Awards 2022, which took place on Friday 24 June.The Grand Prix is the ‘winner of winners’ accolade, and is selected from the winning entries across ...
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ArticleKry promotes Anna Fullerton-Batten to global chief HR officer
Digital healthcare provider Kry has promoted current senior vice president of global talent Anna Fullerton-Batten (pictured) to the role of global chief HR officer.In her new role, Fullerton-Batten aims to drive a cohesive global people and culture strategy that deepens performance and organisational efficiencies to accelerate value and scale.Working closely ...
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Supplier articleHow global benefits tech can help solve 3 big global benefits challenges
Meeting the needs of any workforce can be a challenge where employees now rightfully expect a more personalised benefits experience.On a global scale, this can be even trickier.There are a ton of different challenges that come with introducing benefits globally.Here, we’ve picked out 3 of the most common challenges and ...
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ArticleHestia recruits first head of equity, diversity and inclusion
Crisis charity Hestia has appointed Samantha Uwadiae as its first head of equity, diversity and inclusion.Uwadiae joins from the Digital, Media, Culture and Sports government department where she was talent, diversity and senior leaders performance manager. She will help to continue Hestia’s work to strengthen its workforce by creating a ...
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ArticleCéline Crawford: How effective are unlimited leave policies?
In 2015, we implemented an unlimited holiday policy at Smarkets. At the time, being an up-and-coming tech start-up in London with 40 people, having such a benefit seemed attractive. It was a novel and purposeful idea to break through the noise and capture the best minds in a very competitive ...
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ArticleDerek Rodgers: How effective are unlimited leave policies?
The strange thing about an unlimited leave policy is that it somehow makes a big difference without making much difference at all. We have had our policy in place now for three years, the first six months of which was a trial. We have not seen a massive change in ...
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ArticleLeanne Mennie: How effective are unlimited leave policies?
Preact introduced an unlimited leave policy during the pandemic to extend our flexible-working practices.It demonstrates the trust we have in our team and acknowledges personal circumstances can change the amount of leave someone may require. Things happen in our lives, and our ability to take time to enjoy these moments ...
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Supplier articleWHICH HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACTIVITIES WILL EMPLOYEES ENGAGE WITH AT WORK?
Supporting the wellbeing of your employees has never been more important. Although we appear to be emerging from the other side of Covid-19, the pandemic and lockdowns caused significant job insecurity and strain on our mental health. In fact a study from this year found that more ...
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Supplier articleCivility in the workplace
While a training program on workplace manners and courtesy may seem like overkill, the reality is; rudeness is an epidemic costing industry millions a year. Indeed, what society seems to be gaining in terms of both knowledge and technological advancement, it is losing out on basic social values that directly ...
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ArticlePPL reports 12% mean gender pay gap in favour of men
UK music licensing business Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) has published its most recent gender and ethnicity pay gap report, which highlighted that its mean gender pay gap was 12% in favour of men.Meanwhile, its median pay gap was 14% in favour of men.The business’ mean ethnicity pay gap was 30% ...
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Supplier articleWHICH TYPES OF REWARDS AND RECOGNITION ARE MOST EFFECTIVE AT ENGAGING EMPLOYEES?
Are your employees engaged? If you are not sure, then it means you haven’t thought about it and that probably means you’ve got an engagement problem. There are multiple ways organisations can engage their employees, but one of the most effective ways is hard work and consistent ...
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Supplier articleWhat is employee experience? Is it just a HR buzzword? What’s the difference?
Not everyone is entirely clear on the difference betweenemployee experience andemployee engagement.While both are important, there are certainly notable differences between the two and it’s necessary to address this distinction.“Employee engagement is a workplace approach resulting in the right conditions for all members of an organisation to give of their ...
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ArticleWaste Creative launches work-from-anywhere policy
Creative agency Waste Creative has introduced a work-from-anywhere policy to enable its more than 75 full and part-time staff to work from any location for up to four weeks per year.Any of its employees who have passed their probationary period can submit a request to work from anywhere in the ...
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ArticleZoom Video Communications hires chief people officer
Zoom Video Communications has announced that Matthew Saxon will join as its chief people officer for all of its staff worldwide effective immediately.He will lead Zoom’s people experience team and report to chief operating officer Aparna Bawa, while also ensuring that the core value of care is reflected in its ...
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Case StudiesCloudsoft showcases company culture through accreditation
Software provider Cloudsoft has experienced accelerated business growth over recent years, now employing 34 members of staff, and is continually looking for fresh talent to join the team. In the current challenging job market for the UK technology sector, this means taking a proactive approach and making sure the business ...