All Employee engagement articles – Page 95
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Supplier articleWHAT IS AN EMPLOYEE WELLBEING STRATEGY?
Employee wellbeing has grown in popularity in the last couple of years, with many employers introducing benefits or wellness activities to support their teams. And it’s easy to see why! Having a strong wellbeing strategy shows your teams that you care, it can help tackle and prevent ...
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OpinionAntonia Blackwell: How ESG is changing the future of employee benefits
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations underpin the decisions and behaviour of a business. Employees want to see ESG in action and employers will need to take steps to address ESG if they want to attract and retain the best talent in the future.The way businesses operate in practice has ...
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Case Studies
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Case StudiesLaw firm TLT embraces ESG through electric vehicle scheme
In April 2021, law firm TLT launched an electric vehicle (EV) scheme as part of its employee benefits package via a salary sacrifice arrangement. Since then, the organisation, which employs 1,200 people, has seen a steady flow of orders.Maria Connolly, head of clean energy and real estate, and executive board ...
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AnalysisHow is ESG changing the future of employee benefits?
Need to know:Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are influencing employee benefit design through the emergence of new benefits and the repositioning of existing ones to highlight their ESG-related characteristics.The use of online apps that provide insight into how pension funds are invested help provide feedback to employers on what ...
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Supplier articleLGBT History Month: How Far Has the Workplace Come?
It’s LGBT History Month this February. A time to celebrate LGBTQ+ history. So, we thought it was the perfect moment to shed some light on whether the UK workplace has progressed in its fight towards a more equal workplace for those within the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus) ...
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ArticleWandisco introduces four-day week
Data migration provider Wandisco this week introduced the option of a four-day working week for its more than 180 members of staff.The business, which has offices in Sheffield and California, now allows all employees to put in a 40-hour working week spread over four days rather than five.Their contracted salary ...
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ArticleWW UK launches menopause policies
WW UK has introduced a range of policies to help employees experiencing the menopause.The organisation, formerly known as Weight Watchers, implemented its Menopause Matters drive following an extensive research project among 1,000 women who have experienced the transition.Six in 10 of these women said there was a lack of understanding ...
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OpinionBecky Lawton: Will new staff family rights come into force in 2022?
The government has committed to introducing several new family rights following a number of consultations over the last couple of years.The introduction of neonatal leave and pay will create a new statutory entitlement for employees whose babies spend an extended period of time in neonatal care. The intention is to ...
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ArticleLeeds Building Society appoints chief people officer
Leeds Building Society (LBS) has appointed former KPMG HR leader Caroline Hill as chief people officer.Hill joined the Yorkshire-based institution this week after a short stint as head of people for professional services firm KPMG’s audit and business services division.Prior to that she spent four years as chief people and ...
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ArticleAgile cultures create more engaged staff
Employers with a strong agile culture more than treble their commercial performance, according to research.Consultancy JCURV's second annual State of agile culture report found that organisations who switched to this way of working saw an increase of 237% in performance and had employees who were almost twice as engaged as ...
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Article38% of working parents plan to job search in 2022
Almost four in 10 working parents plan to look for a new job in the next 12 months, according to research.The 2022 Modern families index spotlight report found that 38% of workers with children under the age of 18 have jobhunting on the agenda this year.Back-up care and nursery provider ...
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Case StudiesThe Landmark London offers future-focused wellbeing and engagement support
The Landmark London is a five-star hotel based in central London that employs 300 members of staff.To encourage wellbeing and engagement among employees, the business offers a wide variety of initiatives that aim to suit everyone, whatever their circumstances happen to be.Nicola Forshaw, director of human resources at The Landmark ...
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OpinionGethin Nadin: How the future of work will affect employee wellbeing and engagement
The way employers care for and support their people has come under increasing focus over the last two years. But the long-term effects of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic will mean changing employee expectations and growing wellbeing issues are driving employers to have to commit more to employee wellbeing.We have seen ...
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AnalysisHow will the future of work affect the wellbeing and engagement of employees?
Employers will need to ensure they are focusing on wellbeing and redefining the employee experience so that workers can thrive.The pandemic has shown that working models can change overnight, making it essential that employers tailor their wellbeing initiatives to their employees’ evolving needs.Organisation-wide corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives can offer ...
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ArticleNewhall Publishing transfers ownership to staff
Marketing and communications agency Newhall Publishing has handed over ownership to staff as it marks its 60th year of business.The agency, which rebranded from a magazine publisher to multichannel content publisher in 2014 and has delivered campaigns for British Cycling, The Royal Windsor Horse Show, The Kennel Club, and The ...
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ArticleMonzo launches three-month paid sabbatical leave
British bank Monzo has introduced extended, paid sabbatical leave for its 2,100 employees.The online bank, which already offers a one-month unpaid sabbatical per year, has boosted this to allow staff who have been in their roles for four years to take a three months of paid leave either in one ...
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Case StudiesTall Group of Companies ensures staff feel valued and recognised for their efforts
The Tall Group of Companies specialises in secure print and payments solutions including cheques, electronic payment processing and election ballot papers. It employs 135 people across its three sites in Runcorn, Hinkley and Lisburn, in roles ranging from manufacturing to IT systems development and software creation.The pandemic significantly affected the ...
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ArticleTynan Barton: The future of work will be centred around the employee experience
During this dedicated Future of Work Week, in association with Aon, we have brought you exclusive insights and opinions, uncovering the latest trends and thinking around the future of work and how reward and benefits will support it.Emerging, hopefully for the last time, from many of the restrictions imposed on ...
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OpinionLynda Gratton: We need to understand how hybrid work motivates employees
I’ve been observing and researching the impact of the pandemic on work since mid-March 2020.It is clear to me that hybrid work, with flexibility about both where and when work is performed, is here to stay.This is in part because these new ways of working have captured and amplified a ...