All Motivation and recognition articles – Page 125
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Employers forecast average pay increases of 2.5%
Nearly half (46%) of private sector and 13% of public sector employers reported pay freezes last year.The Personnel Rewards Survey by Croner Reward, which polled 400 organisations and 250 personnel professionals, also revealed that, of those that did see an increase, the average award was 2%. For the coming year, ...
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Asda staff to receive £16m festive bonus
Asda is to present employees with a £16 million festive bonus to thank them for their hard work throughout 2010.The ‘Christmas Thank You’ package includes a £20 Asda gift card, a free festive meal and a 20% discount on a range of Asda products.The package will be available to each ...
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Dinamiks launches online employee performance management system
Dinamiks has launched an online employee performance management system.The system, called Dinamiks, includes two modules: competencies and values.The competencies module highlights where training is required, while values aligns staff, through behaviour change, to what the brand of their employer organisation represents and how it is perceived.Shirley Barnes, client relationship director ...
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Killing classes to take place this weekend
‘Killing classes’ will take place in Slough this weekend for civilians who want to learn military and police close combat techniques.Reality fighting expert Tim Larkin has spent 20 years running close combat training programmes and has trained senior executives at Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Credit Suisse.The Target Focus Training ...
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CIPD Conference 2010: RSA increases employee engagement
Levels of employee engagement are up to 58% in 2010 at RSA Insurance Group, according to an internal survey conducted by Gallup.This is up from 45% in 2009 and 33% in 2008.During a session ‘Reinventing leadership to drive a culture of engagement’ at the 2010 CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition, ...
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Ethical incentives help meet Christmas business targets
A water powered calculator, a grow your own strawberries kit, an electric bike and white water rafting have been added to the eco-incentive scheme, Compliments Green, which is run by Edenred in partnership with Green Rewards.The range, has been extended to tie in with the festive season because this is ...
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Police Service of Nothern Ireland awarded best payroll giving scheme
The Police Service of Northern Ireland was awarded best overall payroll giving campaign at the National Payroll Giving Excellence Awards 2010.The service, which employs 10,060 staff and increased its payroll giving take up, while reducing staff numbers, was also awarded best campaign by a public sector employer.Other winners included: TNT ...
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Vinci Construction UK launches employee engagement initiative
Vinci Construction UK has launched an employee engagement initiative called ‘Stand Out, Make a Difference’.The initiative, which is a partnership agreement with the Construction Youth Trust, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and The Prince’s Trust, will allow the construction firm to engage with local communities, create chances for young people ...
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Leisure Vouchers partners with Planet Hollywood
Leisure Vouchers has signed a partnership with Planet Hollywood.Organisations that offer Leisure Vouchers, which is part of Acorne, to their employees will now be able to offer access to Planet Hollywood’s new London restaurant, after it moved from its original location in the City's Trocadero centre to nearby Haymarket in ...
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Sellafield links safety to reward and incentives
Nuclear plant Sellafield has given more than 5,000 rewards to employees since launching a reward scheme to encourage behavioural safety in the workplace at the beginning of April.Its Peer-to-Peer Observation programme and VIP (Virtual Incentive Points) reward account, which is provided by Love2reward, is available to more than 12,500 employees ...
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Centrica, RBS and PWC awarded for work-life balance practices
Centrica, Royal Bank of Scotland and PricewaterhouseCoopers have been recognised for their work-life balance practices by winning Top Employers for Working Families 2010 awards.Twelve organisations were winners with a further 30 recognised for demonstrating outstanding work-life balance practices.The winner for best flexible working was Centrica, with American Express coming in ...
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Cabot Financial staff volunteer for Children in Need
Employee volunteers from Cabot Financial will be manning the phones and taking donations for this year’s Children in Need appeal on Friday19 November.This is the third consecutive year that Cabot Financial has supported the event. Last year more than £220,000 was raised in public donations to the call centre at ...
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Acorne launches Virgin Experience Days gift card
Acorne has launched the Virgin Experience Days gift card, which provides access to over 600 experiences and special offers.The gift card can be used to pay for multiple experiences and is redeemable online or via a customer services phone line.The card can be loaded with any value from £10 to ...
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Oxfam launches workplace donation scheme
Oxfam will introduce a workplace charity stock donation scheme on 14 October.The scheme, called Oxfam Collects, aims to bring in an extra £1 million worth of donated clothing, books, music and other unwanted goods directly through offices and workplaces across the UK.Oxfam is aiming to work with up to 100 ...
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Filmology pairs up with Apollo Cinemas to offer corporate incentives
Filmology has formed a partnership with Apollo Cinemas to market its cinema vouchers to the promotions, incentives and corporate hospitality sectors.Apollo Cinema vouchers will now be available to the corporate market to be used as part of incentive reward programmes and in sales promotion campaigns devised and managed by Filmology.Apollo, ...
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The First Club launches online reward and incentive platform
The First Club has launched an online reward and incentive platform that focuses on loyalty programmes, incentive schemes and corporate rewards.The platform is designed to help employers boost existing reward and loyalty schemes by creating a gateway to the entertainment world. Employees can spend reward points they are issued on ...
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Orchid Group staff travel to South Africa for volunteering campaign
Eight managers of the pub chain, Orchid Group, and operations director Paul Cutsforth have returned from a volunteering trip in two townships outside Cape Town, South Africa.As part of Orchid’s ongoing Project Fair Play campaign, the employees were able to see firsthand the initiative their pubs and customers have supported.Project ...
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BHSF staff walk to Buenos Aires and back for charity
BHSF employees have walked the equivalent distance to Buenos Aires and back without leaving the country.Teams from the employee health benefits provider walked a total of 14,600 miles as part of the Global Corporate Challenge to help cut child obesity.Equipped with pedometers, three teams of 21 BHSF employees took part ...
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BDO launches recognition scheme
Since BDO launched a new recognition scheme at the end of June, 100 UK-based staff have received instant rewards.The accountancy firm introduced the scheme for its 2,700 staff across the UK under the banner ‘One Firm, Clients First’.The first phase of the programme comprises instant rewards handed out between colleagues. ...
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Unum research: Well-communicated benefits packages are essential to employee engagement
Well-communicated benefits packages are essential to employee engagement.According to Unum’s Financial protection research, 91% of companies with high levels of engagement (above 80%) communicate details of their benefits via a face-to-face meeting. Printed handouts were preferred for 64% of highly engaged companies.The research also found that an organisation is only ...