All Motivation and recognition articles – Page 130
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Yell launches structured long-service programme
Yell has introduced a structured long-service awards programme that uses experience days and gifts to reward staff, in a consistant manner, for their loyalty to the company.Employees will be entitled to receive gifts and experiences at the end of each five-year period they have worked for the company, up to ...
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Career development for benefits professionals
Part of the benefits industry's appeal is its diverse and challenging nature, spanning topics from payroll and pensions, to motivation schemes. It is perhaps no surprise, therefore, that newcomers to this profession and even those who have worked in reward for years want to continue learning in order to improve ...
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Restructuring bonus arrangements
Once seen as an incentive primarily for sales staff, bonuses are now given much more widely to reward everything from attendance and service to performance and company profitability.Duncan Brown, director of HR services at PricewaterhouseCoopers, says: “About 90% of organisations have some form of bonus scheme. Employers like the concept ...
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Maintain morale in a downturn
As many employers look to make cost savings, it is still important to reward valued staff as their morale is vital to businesses' long-term prospects, says Nicola SullivanDuring periods of economic instability many employers will be keeping a close eye on benefits expenditure, looking for ways they can control or ...
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Chinese employers give staff tickets to the Olympic Games
Chinese employers are motivating their employees by giving them tickets to the Olympic Games.Staff are offered tickets in order to act as 'volunteer' fans and fill empty seats at the competition. Every employee is given training on how to act while watching the sporting events, for example, applauding for both ...
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Sainsbury's launches gift cards
Sainsbury's has launched a gift card with cash values of between £1 and £2,000 that employers can use to reward and motivate staff. The gift card gives access to 30,000 products across Sainsbury's stores, coffee shops and petrol stations. Employers can top up the cards with cash by contacting Sainsbury's ...
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Coast & Country launches voluntary benefits to motivate staff
Coast & Country has launched a voluntary benefits scheme that it will use to provide non-cash incentives to staff.The housing association's scheme offers its employees discounts with various retail, leisure and travel suppliers, and on experience days.Staff who carry out a part of their job to an exceptional standard will ...
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Smiths Group considers new executive incentive plan
The Smith Group is considering freezing the salaries of senior staff and offering them shares in the company for successfully overcoming challenges.Under the engineering firm's new remuneration scheme, proposed by chief executive Philip Bowman, executive directors would not receive pay rises for a period of two years and would no ...
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Bupa gives staff time to volunteer
Bupa is to give employees time during working hours to volunteer at charities close to its main call centres in Staines and Manchester.Employees will be able to choose from more than 100 projects including refurbishing a respite centre, repairing broken fences and gardens at a school and revamping a Mencap ...
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Non-monetary rewards make workers more likely to stay
Employers that offer their employees non-monetary rewards should achieve higher rates of retention than those that do not.A survey of 1,000 employees by GfK NOP found that a higher percentage of staff planning to quit their jobs within the year work for line managers who do not provide non-monetary rewards ...
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Vodafone extends NVQ programme for retail staff
Vodafone UK has expanded its staff development programme to allow of its 2,200 retail staff to follow a NVQ accredited development scheme enabling them to progress from trainee adviser through to regional manager.The firm launched the scheme to 1,225 retail staff in November 2007 and has now expanded the scheme ...
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Is HM Revenue and Customs scrutinising incentive schemes?
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is reviewing the tax paid by employers on incentive schemes, according to an industry insider from a motivation provider.The source told Employee Benefits that HMRC has extended the scope and boosted the frequency of investigations of employers running incentive plans. But, HMRC has denied this.The ...
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Red Letter Days launches a new corporate events division
Red Letter Days, the experience company, has launched a new corporate events division to expand the motivation, reward and recognition services it offers companies.In partnership with MotivAction Group, Red Letter Days, now provides corporate customers family fun days, team building days, conferences, theme evenings and overseas incentives.Heather Rogers director of ...
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HR Forum: Employers advised that bonus communication should be transparent
Employers have been reminded to ensure all elements of their bonus schemes are transparent and clear for all employees.Speaking at the Human Resources Forum on board The Oriana, Julia Watts, compensations manager at Gallaher told delegates attending the session Why retention is not about people but about managers that bonuses ...
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Cash or non-cash staff rewards
A number of factors will determine whether cash or non-cash rewards best suit a workforce, says Nicola SullivanThe large cash bonuses given to workers such as investment bankers and City traders often make headline news. The attention these receive can create the impression that cash reward is the ultimate form ...
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HR Show: Employers should consider company culture when using reward to engage
Employers have been reminded to consider the culture of their company in order to properly engage their staff.Speaking at at the HR Show in Manchester, Debra Corey, former director of compensation and benefits at Honeywell, told delegates to think about the behaviours and beliefs of their workforce in order to ...
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HR Show: Employers told flexible working boosts productivity
Employers have been told that flexible working can help boost productivity and efficiency and attract talent at the HR Show in Manchester on Tuesday. Speaking in a conference session on flexible working, Peter Knowles, business development director at BT, explained to employers about the benefits of allowing staff to work ...
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HR Show: Employers should review their values to attract young talent
Employers were told that they would have to revise the employment experience and their contractual terms in order to attract and retain young talent at the opening keynote session of the HR Show in Manchester. Speaking in the session, Using your brand as a tool to attract the best people, ...
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Experian gives staff paid leave to volunteer
Experian is to give all its UK staff three days paid annual leave to volunteer for community-based initiatives as it aims to double the number of hours volunteered by its people over the coming year.The FTSE-100 average donation is two days per person, per year volunteered to good causes.During the ...
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Accor staff take part in environmental programme
Accor enabled staff to spend a day away from work to carry out environmental work at a community nature reserve at Bethnal Green, North London.The firm which runs hotels such as Sofitel, Novotel and Ibis, allowed head office staff to tidy overgrown weeds and trees, make and install bird boxes, ...