All Motivation and recognition articles – Page 138
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Employers invite staff to air views
IBM and KPMG are using employees' views to boost understanding of their benefits packages and drive take up.IBM has invited all employees to attend focus groups, which will be held at its six major sites this month. It is particularly interested in hearing the views of staff who have previously ...
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How to motivate staff in sectors with a high turnover
Motivating staff in sectors with high turnover rates takes creativity, but the right course of action may show results in a relatively short period, says Nick GoldingIt doesn't take a genius to work out which types of employers suffer the most from high levels of labour turnover. Call centres, retailers ...
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Public sector morale low
Morale at work is lowest in the public sector, where 40% of managers believe this is an issue within their organisation. This compares to 16% in the private sector and 6% among not-for-profit organisations, according to the Roffey Park Management agenda 2007. Bureaucracy was considered to be the main workplace ...
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Summit news: Talented staff are making extra demands
Talented staff are increasingly making demands for extra benefits, yet employers are being warned that reward strategies aimed at the retention of these employees can divide the workforce.Speaking during a panel debate on Strategies for recruiting, managing and retaining talent at the Employee Benefits Summit, held in Jerez, Spain, David ...
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Thomson Holidays launches electronic scratch card incentives
Thomson Holidays is to launch an electronic scratch card incentive scheme to motivate its sales team.The bespoke scheme for sales staff at the organisation, which is a division of TUI UK, will give successful employees the opportunity to win Thomson holiday discounts with an online scratch-card game each time they ...
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Employee engagement: Total reward helps staff value benefits
A total reward strategy can help staff to appreciate the full value of their benefits, but should also include intangibles such as opportunities for learning, says Laverne HadawayFew people would dispute that a total reward strategy, designed to show employees the complete value of their package, can promote engagement. However, ...
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Staff aching for wellness schemes
This article is brought to you by our sponsor HealthSure.Health-related sickness absence is one of the biggest concerns for British businesses today. It has been estimated that absence due to sickness costs around £12bn each year, with the average level of health-related absence at eight days per year per employee, ...
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Understanding staff psyche to evaluate benefits
Jenny Keefe assesses how behavioural science can be used to select and evaluate the effectiveness of benefits packagesWhat do Marks & Spencer underwear and pensions funds have in common? They have both been criticised for bewildering people with too much choice. Marks & Spencer chief executive Stuart Rose has, in ...
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Employee engagement: Refreshing flex schemes creates closer ties with the workforce
Organisations that regularly review and update the flexible benefits they offer will be rewarded by greater staff loyalty and employee engagement, argues Alison ColemanIt is almost a decade since the arrival of flexible benefits in the UK and such schemes are now firmly established as one of the most valuable ...
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Share plans give edge to staff performance
This article is brought to you by our sponsor Yorkshire building society.Never have share plans been able to meet organisations’ increasing needs more strongly to attract, retain and engage employees. In an increasingly competitive world, organisations have to get the best out of their teams and continuously improve business performance. ...
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Employee engagement
Employee engagement: an overviewEmployee engagement: flexible benefitsEmployee engagement: healthcareSponsor's comment: Staff aching for wellness schemesEmployee engagement: total rewardEmployee Engagement: pensionsSponsor's comment: Pensions need a keen specialist eyeEmployee engagement: company carsSponsor's comment: Reverse declining take-up of fleet perksEmployee engagement: financial educationEmployee engagement; rehabilitationSponsor's comment: Provider proximity is key to staff rehabilitation ...
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Employee engagement: Health packages pep up organisations and staff
Company-provided healthcare benefits and wellbeing programmes can aid employee engagement if communicated well and can boost an organisation’s profits too, Sam Barrett reportsHealthcare and wellbeing benefits can bring advantages to both employees and employers by reducing sickness, cutting absenteeism and increasing productivity.Medical insurance, for example, gives employees access to private ...
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What is employee engagement?
When staff are well-motivated and support the culture of the business, both sides usually benefit. Steve Hemsley looks at how employers can assess and encourage engagementIT MAY be hard to motivate a workforce in general, but it is even more difficult to come up with strategies and employee benefits that ...
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Pensions need a keen specialist eye
This article is brought to you by our sponsor Scottish Life.The UK has one of the most developed and vibrant pension markets in the world - members of pension schemes enjoy unparalleled investment freedom and tremendous levels of internet banking-style functionality. Yet often the good efforts of employers in providing ...
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Towry Law surveys staff as precursor to flex review
Towry Law has carried out an employee engagement survey to find out what its 600 staff want from their reward package.The results will be used to drive a review of the company's benefits offering, scheduled to begin this month.Richard Higginson, reward manager at the IFA firm, said this is expected ...
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Provider proximity is key to rehab planning
This article is brought to you by our sponsor Canada Life.Employers can often ignore the consequences that employee health issues have on their productivity, and historically focus on the medical aspects rather than on the social and psychological issues that can either cause or be impacted by absence. By engaging ...
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RSM International formalises secondment programme for staff
RSM International has formalised its international secondment programme for staff across its 73 member firms worldwide, to give guidance to those wishing to work at another member firm.The audit, tax and consulting network has over 24,000 staff working in 630 offices worldwide, and the programme has been designed to develop ...
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Engaging staff can help to reduce turnover
Employers can drive down labour turnover and improve productivity by engaging and recognising employees at work. This is according to Sophie Jenkins, European consumer services director at Lego, speaking on improving business performance at the Human Resources Forum, held last week. Lego conducts regular staff surveys to identify how employees ...
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Aon gives extra holiday to celebrate twentieth anniversary
Aon is to give all employees an extra day's holiday to be taken on their birthday to celebrate its twentieth anniversary.Over 5,000 UK employees will benefit from the perk over the next year in recognition of the date Aon was quoted on the New York Stock Exchange on 24 April ...
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Bucks Council looks for provider to develop reward concept
Buckinghamshire County Council has developed a reward concept that links to its organisational values and is now looking for a benefits provider to produce software for the motivation scheme with a view to also offering it to other employers.Under the planned scheme, staff will be able to log into an ...