All Motivation and recognition articles – Page 107
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Wickes launches gift vouchers
DIY retailer Wickes has launched a gift voucher, which employers can add to their voluntary benefits scheme or recognition programme.The Wickes for Business gift vouchers come in denominations of £5, £10, £20 and £50, are redeemable at more than 200 stores nationwide, and can be spent on more than 14,000 ...
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CloudApps launches sustainability app
CloudApps has launched a sustainability application to encourage employers and their staff to set corporate social responsibility (CSR) targets in the workplace.The app can be used to create workplace challenges, leader boards, points and rewards, as well as social media elements that allow employees to collaborate and achieve personal targets.The ...
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FirstGroup staff pick new charity partner
FirstGroup staff have chosen Macmillan Cancer Support as its new national charity partner.Employees of the public transport operator were asked to vote for one of three charities. Macmillan Cancer Support received 60% of the staff vote.Katie Smart, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and community manager at FirstGroup, said: “This is a ...
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MacLeod on engagement task force's next move
The Employee Engagement Task Force will launch a website, which will include advice, tools and networks, in the next phase of its work around improving the employee engagement of the UK workforce.David MacLeod, co-chair of the task force and co-author of the MacLeod report on employee engagement, outlined the plans ...
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Engagement Task Force reveals next step
The Employee Engagement Task Force will launch a website, which will include advice, tools and networks, in the next phase of its work around improving the employee engagement of the UK workforce.Speaking during the keynote address at day two of Employee Benefits Live, David MacLeod, co-chair of the task force ...
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Buyer's guide to electronic voucher cards
Electronic vouchers offer a secure, convenient and environmentally-friendly way to reward and motivate employees with savings on a variety of goods and services.Since Boots launched its Advantage points card for consumers in 1997, major retailers have followed suit, with more progressive employers now providing electronic voucher cards as part of ...
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Cary L Cooper: How should employers celebrate the end of the year with staff?
No wonder people drink so much at this end-of-year celebration.There must be better ways to close the old year and bring in the new one, but when December rolls around, we tend to get the same old venue, speeches and rubber chickens, with little time to think up a good ...
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Gary Brewer: How should employers celebrate the end of the year with staff?
In recognition of a record year in 2011, when our company achieved sales of five million cases of Grant’s and one million cases of Glenfiddich, dispatched 10 million cases of product out of our Bellshill Centre bottling plant near Glasgow, and distilled 85 million litres of absolute alcohol at our ...
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Opinion
Peter O'Hara: Workplace giving via flexible benefits
We work with many employers and flexible benefits suppliers to provide workplace-giving schemes via flex portals, and many employers also enhance their employees’ donations made via the scheme.We completely agree that it is vital to communicate all benefits and also to perhaps consider being far more flexible with window opening ...
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Tracy Finn: How should employers celebrate the end of the year with staff?
We are used to catering for any brief or budget and working with companies looking for something special. There are some memorable past examples that could provide possible ideas for other employers.For a unique experience, one company requested exclusive access to the Shoe Boudoir at Harrods. All guests were treated ...
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JetBlue rolls out recognition scheme
JetBlue Airways has launched a peer-to-peer recognition programme for its 14,500 employees based across the Americas.The Lift programme, which is provided by Globoforce, allows the airline to engage and motivate employees to best exemplify its five core values: safety, caring, integrity, fun and passion.It is available to employees in Aruba, ...
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Servisair launches corporate gift cards
Airport lounge provider Servisair has launched gift certificates for employers to use in reward and incentives packages.The certificates provide access to 21 Servisair lounges throughout the UK, continental Europe and Canada.The lounges feature complimentary drinks and snacks, newspapers and magazines, flat-screen televisions and flight information screens, and free Wi-Fi.The certificates ...
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Debi O'Donovan: Plan now for Christmas perks
You may feel September is a little early to start talking about Christmas, but please bear with us on this one because we are not banging the usual commercialised tinsel drum here.In fact, we are donning full HR stripes in our cover story to look at how some employees can ...
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Opinion
Charles Cotton: Take care with Christmas perks
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s Employee outlook: summer 2012 survey, published in May, found that more than half of employees are facing financial struggles, so it is important that employers recognise this when introducing or changing an incentive scheme, especially one that is themed around, or linked to, ...
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Hanover staff host team building exercise
Hanover Housing Association staff have hosted a team-building exercise at retirement estates in Bicester and Stokenchurch.A group of employees organised the Apprentice-style competition, which raised money from staff and local community donations, and suppler discounts to make improvements at two residential sites.One of the two teams, called Velocity, used donations ...
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Sainsbury’s takes 5,000 employees to Paralympics
Sainsbury’s gave 5,000 employees the chance to watch events at the Paralympic Games on 3 September, including wheelchair basketball and goalball.The Paralympic sponsor will also send a further 70 employees and a guest of their choice to the games’ closing ceremony at the Olympic Park.Jacki Connor, director of employee engagement ...
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Report on employee motivation 2012
Employee Benefits’ motivation report rounds up the main issues and trends in staff motivation and employee recognition.The motivation report covers:Workforce segmentation helps target motivation benefitsMotivation schemes on a limited budgetOlga Tregaskis: Work practices could boost productivitySocial media plays a growing role in recognition schemesMatt Duffy: Accurate data is key to ...
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Nationwide expands flexible benefits scheme
EXCLUSIVE: Nationwide will add membership in the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and expand its range of shopping vouchers, rechargeable cards and NCP car parking locations when it opens the enrolment window for its 2013 flexible benefits scheme.The flex enrolment window for 2013 opens on 5 October and closes 16 November. ...
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Recognition programmes motivate staff
Among UK employees whose employer offers a recognition programme, 70% feel appreciated in their job, according to employee reward and recognition organisation Globoforce.The Globoforce UK workforce mood tracker survey, which was carried out in conjunction with One Poll and had 1,000 respondents, also found that only 11% of staff with ...
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Analysis
How to use Christmas incentives to engage staff
If you read nothing else, read this… Christmas is not a fun time for everyone. It can be a stressful period for employees who have health or money worries. Employers must be sensitive to employees’ individual circumstances around Christmas time, particularly those who have suffered some form of loss during ...