All Motivation and recognition articles – Page 114
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Telemetry challenges staff to abseil down its office building
Employers are constantly thinking up ways to get their staff to achieve new heights. But few are as adventurous as Telemetry, which is challenging its employees to abseil down the side of its skyscraper office building.The online video provider, which occupies the 39th floor of Tower 42 in London, considers ...
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Immedia Group launches radio station for employees
Immedia Group, which provides radio and in-store media for retailers, has launched its first radio station dedicated to its own employees.The station, which will be broadcast at Immedia’s headquarters in Newbury, will play a mixture of music, organisation news and features, as well as providing a pilot for new services ...
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Admiral Group awards two employees with trip to Rugby World Cup semi-finals
Admiral Group has given two of its employees a trip to Auckland to see Wales play France in the semi-final of the Rugby World Cup.The Welsh organisation offered staff the chance to win the trip by getting them to answer the question: How many World Rugby Union/Admiral jerseys will the ...
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Marks and Spencer for Business introduces e-gift card
Marks and Spencer for Business has rolled out an e-gift card for employers to use in reward and recognition programmes.It enables organisations to instantly reward employees via email.The gift card can be used to shop in store, online, via the web or over the phone. It can be redeemed against ...
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Globoforce adds social media and mobile enhancements to employee recognition programme
Globoforce has added new social media and mobile enhancements to its employee recognition programme.The enhancements were designed to give HR professionals more flexibility and control over the nomination and reward redemption process.The enhancements include: A mobile application that features an employer’s continuous social feed to provide visibility into the organisation’s ...
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New book sheds light on bizarre office jargon
Office jargon is not just an affliction suffered by David Brent in The Office television series. It often slips into the average employees' vocabulary.The truth is no-one really knows why phrases like ‘core competencies’, ‘drilling down’ or ‘blue sky thinking’ crop up in the workplace.However, a new book Pushing the ...
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Santander hosts employee run as part of global engagement programme
Santander employees have participated in a 110-mile charity run as part of a global initiative to raise awareness of the bank’s values.Sixty employees from 16 different countries ran from London to the bank’s main office in the East Midlands. The race is part of the ‘Santander is you’ global engagement ...
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Aon Hewitt research: Staff believe employers view engagement surveys as tick-box exercises
The majority of employees across the UK and Europe believe their employers view employee engagement as a tick-box exercise, according to research by Aon Hewitt.Managers: your strongest or weakest link in driving employee engagement? found that only 18% of employees surveyed strongly believe that engagement survey results will be acted ...
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EXCLUSIVE: RWE Npower sets new charity target
RWE Npower is encouraging its staff to pull together to raise an additional £100,000 this year for its nominated charity, Macmillan Cancer Support, which is celebrating its centenary year.In October, the energy firm's 12,000 employees will be given time off to collect money for charity at Tesco and Morrisons stores, ...
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EXCLUSIVE: London 2012 sponsors offer event perks to staff
Organisations such as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Lloyds TSB, Sainsbury's and Scottish Widows are using their status as sponsors of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to offer staff incentives and benefits aligned with the events.They are giving employees the opportunity to attend an Olympics or Paralympics event. Law firm Freshfields, ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Good Measures offers green service to help employers promote sustainability
Good Measures is to launch a service that encourages staff to improve their employer's environmental sustainability and take a share of any cost savings.The service, One Planet Workplace, is designed to help UK employers meet the government target of a 34% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.It allows organisations ...
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Analysis
How can an employer stand out from the crowd?
If you read nothing else, read this … An employee value proposition (EVP) is a statement that outlines what an organisation is, what it does, and why it stands out from the competition. An EVP can be advantageous in attracting new talent to an organisation, and engaging and motivating existing ...
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Case Studies
Case study: UKRD tunes staff in to core values
Ranked number one in The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2011, local radio station group UKRD has used employee value propositions (EVPs) with great success.William Rogers, chief executive officer of UKRD, explains: “Clearly, salaries and financial considerations play their part, but at the heart of what ...
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Buyer's guide to electronic vouchers
Key factsWhat are electronic voucher cards?These can be offered to employees as part of an incentive scheme or through salary deduction. The cards can be programmed for use at a specific retailer, multiple retailers, or at a selected group of retailers.Where can employers get more information?The UK Gift Card and ...
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EXCLUSIVE: L'Oreal adds workplace choir to wellbeing programme
L’Oreal has added a workplace choir to its wellbeing programme.The choir, which began holding weekly practices in September, is provided by Music in Offices.L'Oreal's My Wellbeing package also includes: discounted gym memberships, healthy-eating options in its canteen, yoga classes, bikes for work, a Dance to Work programme in partnership with ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Edenred adds incentive programme to product range
Edenred has added a new incentive platform and a new employee discounts platform to its product range.The Complements Select incentive platform brings together all the provider’s reward products, including vouchers and gift cards for single and multi-store use, experience products, and holiday and travel products.A personalised email with an e-code ...
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The Voucher Shop research: Paper vouchers still popular in reward and incentive schemes
Almost half (46%) of employers are choosing to reward their staff with paper vouchers over plastic ones, according to research by The Voucher Shop.The poll was conducted among HR managers and executives across a range of sectors.Kuljit Kaur, head of business development at The Voucher Shop, said: “Paper vouchers continue ...
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Two-fifths of men want to work in an all-male environment
While an all-male workforce may make unrequited conversations about football a thing of the past and conveniently abolish an organisation’s gender pay gap, is it really the best way to do business?According to research by Reabur.com, 41% of men believe that the ideal working environment would be all male, largely ...
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TUI Travel rolls out volunteering programme
Tour operator TUI Travel has launched a volunteering initiative, which will offer employees the opportunity to get involved with community projects.TUI Travel, which owns brands Thomson and First Choice Holidays, started the programme as the first of many volunteering projects. The programme saw employees redecorate Keech Hospice Care, a local ...
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Aberdeen Asset Management rolls out payroll-giving scheme to staff
Aberdeen Asset Management has introduced a payroll-giving scheme that allows staff to round down their net pay to the nearest pound and donate the remaining pennies to charity.The scheme, Pennies for Promise, was launched by Activpayroll on 5 September at the beginning of National Payroll Week, and is open to ...