All Motivation and recognition articles – Page 119
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Virgin Experience Days launch a mobile version of website
Virgin Experience Days has launched a mobile version of its website which employers can offer to staff through their motivation and incentive schemes.The site also links to global positioning system (GPS) technology enabling users to check the distance from their location to experiences and activities they are interested in.Chris Smith, ...
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Harrods Corporate Service launches incentive gift card
Harrods Corporate Service has launched an incentive gift card, which can be used to reward employees or can be incorporated into a benefits package.With a minimum of £2,500 on the card, an employee or group of employees could host a private party for up to 16 guests at the newly ...
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Case Studies
Case study: Sodexo motivates staff with thank-you points
Sodexo Remote Sites Scotland operates a points-based recognition scheme for its 1,000 UK staff. This includes longservice awards, thankyou cards, an award for great ideas, and a site of the month.Line managers and peers can send postcards thanking someone for going the extra mile. It is part of an instant ...
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Workplace Giving UK research: Payroll giving should be opt out rather than opt in
Approximately two-thirds (68%) of employees would prefer payroll giving to be an opt-out rather than an opt-in benefit.According to a poll of more than 1,000 employees by Workplace Giving UK, a further 64% said they would want to have a say in which charity the deducted monies went to.Peter O’Hara, ...
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Employee resource groups are popular for working parents
Working parents, adoptive parents and staff with eldercare responsibilities are among some of the most prevalent participants in employee resource groups (ERGs).ERGs, which are also known as employee networks and affinity groups, are enjoying a renaissance at some organisations, according to a study by consultancy Mercer ERGs Come of Age: ...
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Staff at Fenland District Council set to declare office romances in writing
Dear Sir,I'm writing to notify you that I am romantically attached to Ken - the tall ripped guy with amazing arm muscles (who also has a sensitive side) and works in IT.I can assure you that, although we work together, we will not let our animal attraction (or love of ...
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Majority of employers do not provide opportunities for staff volunteering
Nearly two thirds of UK employers do not provide a good level of support for their staff to volunteer. However, 58% of employees said they would volunteer if their employer helped them to do so, according to research by independent charity V and YouGov, which consists of responses from 1,512 ...
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Case Studies
Case study: Archant reduces emissions
One-third (30%) of media group Archant's 2,000 staff have opted for lower-carbon-emitting cars through the firm's green contract hire and leasing car scheme. CLM manages the scheme, which was introduced to reduce the fleet's carbon footprint.As well as aiming to drive current CO2 emission levels from an average of 146g/km ...
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Case Studies
Case study: Marriott staff create woodland
Marriott UK has introduced a carbon capture payroll-giving scheme through The Woodland Trust. By donating part of their salary, staff can reduce their carbon footprint by having trees planted.The benefit, which is aligned to Marriott's environmental strategy 'Spirit to Preserve', was communicated using its benefits website, payslip flyers and a ...
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Green benefits rise in popularity
If you read nothing else, read this... Environmental benefits fit into two categories: stand-alone benefits and an alignment with the CSR profile. Green benefits include bikes-for-work schemes, low-emission company cars, telecommuting and online benefits communication. Other strategies include community volunteering, carbon offsetting and ethical pension investment.†Case study: Marriott staff create ...
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Alliance Medical rewards staff who battled snow
Alliance Medical staff who battled in to work in December’s extreme weather conditions were among the first to be recognised under a new reward and recognition scheme.The medical firm revamped its reward and recognition scheme and launched voluntary benefits – provided by Asperity Employee Benefits – as part of efforts ...
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Quintiles launches payroll-giving scheme
Quintiles has launched a payroll-giving scheme to support its chosen charity, Macmillan Cancer Support.The pharmaceutical research firm rolled out the scheme for its 2,000 UK staff before Christmas to take advantage of a Workplace Giving UK promotion that guaranteed an extra £5 for every employee who signed up before the ...
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Aurum Holdings drives sales with staff incentive scheme
Aurum Holdings, whose brands includes Goldsmiths, Mappin and Webb and Watches of Switzerland, launched a staff incentive scheme in the run up to Christmas to drive sales in stores.The incentive programme, designed to engage retail staff, ran from mid August to the end of last year. For each piece of ...
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Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks promote payroll giving to staff and customers
Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks are promoting payroll-giving schemes among their staff and encouraging their customers to donate to charity as well.Workplace Giving is an efficient way for an employee to donate to any charity straight from pay and the only way that a higher rate taxpayer can automatically give an ...
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Grant Thornton staff chose Cancer Research UK as official charity
Grant Thornton staff have chosen Cancer Research UK as the firm’s official charity. The charity was voted in as the chosen beneficiary until summer 2012, with staff pledging to raise £125,000 during the period.Offices across the UK were filled with employees supporting the charity by wearing red and donating to ...
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Jaguar Land Rover employees support environmental issues in Kenya
Jaguar Land Rover employees have participated in an environmental support initiative in Kenya as part of the firm’s employee engagement programme.The scheme saw 11 employees spend two weeks providing support for Earthwatch scientists studying the endangered Grevy’s Zebra.Earthwatch, the environmental charity, surveyed the employees at the end of the programme ...
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Shilling Communication staff support charity in Nepal
Employees from Shilling Communication have returned home from a charity project in Nepal.The staff spent 10 days working with international anti-poverty agency ActionAid building houses for Nepalese people freed from Kamaiya, a traditional system of bonded labour in Southern Nepal.Kevin Shilling, chief executive officer at Shilling Communication, said: “[Corporate] social ...
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Insurance employees raise money for South African village
Employees from insurance providers Rias, Ageas Insurance and Fortis Life have helped to raise more than £50,000 towards building a children’s crËche in the village of Luphisi in South Africa.The ‘Fortissimos’ team took part in the final of the 2010 Times Leadership Challenge, along with teams from Innocent and TK ...
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Groupama Insurance's employees volunteer at primary school
Groupama Insurance's employees have taken part in a national campaign to educate children about healthy eating.As part of Groupama’s Business in the Community pledge, 16 volunteers visited Cardwell Primary School in Woolwich to promote healthy eating among 120 pupils.Throughout the day, Groupama employees and pupils planted a vegetable and herb ...
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V launches volunteering tool for employers
Independent charity, v, has launched a web-based tool to enable employers to offer, implement and measure volunteering opportunities to staff.Key features of its Volunteering Works tool include built-in social marketing for employees to share their experiences, and real-time reporting to enable HR managers to set targets for the volunteering programme ...