All Employee engagement articles – Page 97
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AnalysisHow to refresh a reward strategy to align with business goals
Need to know:Employers need to ensure that their reward strategy not only helps to attact, recruit and engage employees, but also reflects the values and goals of the business.Analysing data sets within the organisation can present gaps in benefits provision.Surveys, focus groups and job and exit interviews are useful methods ...
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OpinionClare Kelliher: The pandemic has prompted employers to review their benefits strategies
The experiences of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic: business disruption, furloughed employees and extended, enforced working from home, have changed the employment relationship.Our research at Cranfield School of Management during the pandemic found that the physical distancing of working from home sometimes led to psychological distancing, too.Maintaining the connection became harder ...
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ArticleBritvic appoints Elly Tomlins as chief people officer
Soft drink maker Britvic has appointed former Tate & Lyle HR leader Elly Tomlins as chief people officer.Tomlins has started work at Britvic’s head office in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and taken up a position on the firm’s executive committee.She will be responsible for driving the soft drink brand’s people and ...
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Case StudiesHays structures benefits provision to meet employee need
Hays keeps its benefits portfolio under constant review, with an extra focus throughout the year on finessing the offering ahead of the annual opening of the recruiter’s benefits portal every November.When she first joined the organisation, group head of reward Rosemary Lemon spent some time organising its employee benefits into ...
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Supplier article4 Ways to Attract and Retain Great Employees
RECRUIT AND KEEP THE TALENT YOUR ORGANISATION NEEDS TO THRIVE Despite the economic devastation brought on by the 2020 pandemic – an event which caused unemployment to spike to 16% in May 2020 – the competition for top talent will be fierce as we move ...
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ArticleKidzcare becomes owned by staff
Ownership of Edinburgh-based childcare business Kidzcare has been handed to its 150 employees.All shares in the organisation - which operates four nurseries and six after-school clubs in the Scottish capital - have been placed into an employee ownership trust (EOT) by co-founder Anne-Marie Dunn.Dunn said she wanted to find an ...
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ArticleHutch to trial four-day working week
Mobile game developer Hutch is to take part in a six-month trial of a four-day working week.The business, which creates car racing games for phones, will participate in a co-ordinated pilot organised by 4 Day Week Global in partnership with UK think tank Autonomy, the 4 Day Week UK Campaign ...
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AnalysisWhat support can employers offer for staff going through gender transition?
Employers can help by constructing a manageable timeline of changes they may want to implement, such as changing names or pronouns at work.Employers may want to look at how a transitioning employee would like their transition to be communicated to other staff.Ultimately by having effective and meaningful wellbeing support in ...
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Article347,000 more staff used an EAP in 2021
Soaring numbers of UK workers looked for support from an employee assistance programme (EAP) last year, research has revealed.The Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA) found that 347,000 more employees used an EAP in October 2021 than they did a year earlier.Its data is based on evidence from information provided by ...
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ArticleFree hot drinks preferable to mental health support for office staff
Free hot drinks are more popular workplace benefits than mental health support, according to one survey.Research conducted with 1,000 office workers by TLF Research on behalf of hybrid-working venue platform Reef App, showed that 35% of these employees really like to see readily available tea and coffee in the workplace.Free ...
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ArticleNew global HR director for engineering firm B&W
Engineering firm Black and White (B&W) Engineering has appointed Rachel Ovington as its new global HR director.Ovington (pictured, right, with director Steve Horn) has come to the business from KP Snacks, parts of the Intersnack Group. In her first HRD role, she brings 15 years of leadership experience within HR ...
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Article59% of staff want flexible working over financial rewards
Almost six in 10 knowledge workers rate flexible working above financial rewards, according to new data.Audio equipment business Jabra’s Jabra hybrid ways of working 2021 global report showed that 59% of people who think for a living believe autonomy over the time and place they do so is more important ...
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Article49% of employers report little gender pay gap progress
Almost half of employers made little or no progress with their gender pay gap in 2020, with just 1% significantly reducing it, according to research.Investment adviser Mercer’s UK gender and ethnicity pay gap trends report found that 49% of organisations surveyed had not reduced the difference in average pay for ...
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ArticleDeloitte introduces flexible public holidays
Financial services firm Deloitte has announced that its 22,000 UK staff can now choose to defer public holiday leave to other days.As part of a drive to improve diversity and inclusion, all employees can now opt to work on national holidays such as Christmas Day or Good Friday and select ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 21 January – 27 January 2022
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 21 January and 27 January 2022 were: How to implement a pay strategy for hybrid working78% of UK staff would move job for remote working32% want to return to the office for their mental healthPoll: 91% of employers aiming to bring in ...
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Supplier articleTop 10 employee engagement product innovations from 2021
Author: Mark Tavender, Director of Product at Reward GatewayWe've just wrapped up another busy and exciting year in the Product and Technology organisations, as we've worked hard all year to bring you the best updates to our platform and to give you the tools to delight your employees. In 2021, ...
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ArticleBarton's blog: Is a return to the workplace best for employees' mental wellbeing?
It’s certainly a nail-biting time in UK politics this week, but not for any reasons prime minister Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party would wish. At the time of writing this, the much-anticipated reports into the Downing Street parties had not been released. The nation waits with baited breath for ...
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ArticleEuropeans want remote working and more leave
Workers across Europe are asking for work-life balance through benefits such as remote work options, four-day weeks and additional annual leave, according to new research.Integrated workforce management platform provider Pro Unlimited published its January 2022 Europe labor market report, which it says is based on billions of data points related ...
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ArticleChief execs got average bonus of £172,897 in 2021
Chief executives received an average bonus of £172,897 in the year to October 2021, data has shown, while entry level employees and routine task providers were awarded just £642 and £643 respectively.Research from Cendex, the rewards analytics arm of HR resource provider XpertHR, found that 25% of chief executives were ...
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ArticleHybrid working parents have better mental health
Working parents who split their employment time between home and a formal workplace are less likely to experience mental health difficulties than those stuck in one or the other, according to research.Youth mental health charity Stem4 surveyed 1,038 working parents and carers across the UK to mark Parent Mental Health ...