All Motivation and recognition articles – Page 50
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Five Key Considerations for Global Reward Managers
Your reward strategy should create a comfortable environment by providing transparency and real value.A transparent workplace is defined, simply, as an environment that ‘operates in a way that is open and honest between management and employees.’ This type of workplace increases trust, builds relationships, increases productivity and boosts innovation as ...
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ArticleMinisters to win maternity leave rights
A legal loophole that meant ministers effectively needed to resign to be able to spend time with their newborn child has been addressed, with the announcement of the first reading of the Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Bill yesterday.Due to ministers being appointed by the prime minister (PM), they are ...
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ArticlePay rises down 0.3 percentage points on last year
Pay rises are down an average of 0.3% on last year, according to research published today by Incomes Data Research (IDR).The analysis of 56 new pay deals already agreed for 2021 found that almost half have either given, or are set to give, employees increases of between 2% and 2.99%.Higher-end ...
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ArticleGrampian Housing Association offers Wellbeing Day
Grampian Housing Association has announced it is giving staff a ‘wellbeing day’, initially to help them cope with the pressures of lockdown.According to Chris Mathieson, the association’s compliance, engagement and support lead, staff can use their day whenever they want – all they have to do is ensure they are ...
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ArticleLockdown benefits ‘not fit for purpose’
New research by employee benefits provider Edenred suggests staff are dissatisfied with the level of support they are getting from their organisation – with lockdown benefits branded ‘not fit for purpose’.The research, which questioned 2,000 UK employees, found employers were seen to be falling short in the areas of reward ...
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ArticleBank of America rolls out thank-you awards
A Bank of America memo has revealed staff at the organisation received enhanced pay and shares perks as a thank-you for their efforts during 2020.Coming on the back of its full-year financial results, chairman and chief executive Brian Moynihan told staff: “Teammates were called upon to address unprecedented challenges." He ...
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Supplier article4 ways technology can help employees discuss diversity in the workplace
By Catrin Lewis, Head of Global Engagement and Internal CommunicationsDiversity, Equity & Inclusion has topped the list of many HR leaders as a renewed focus for the year 2020 and beyond – 36% of HR leaders surveyed predict that diversity and inclusion will increase in importance in 2021.Our own internal ...
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ArticleThe Planet Mark appoints its first people and culture manager
The Planet Mark – provider of the internationally recognised sustainability certification standard for business – has appointed Angela Murray-Brown as its first people and culture manager.In her new role, Murray-Brown – who has a MSc in occupational and organisational psychology – will be responsible for supporting and empowering employees to ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Employee appreciation has never been more important
As the effects of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic continue to be felt across the world, many employers are being forced to furlough staff, reduce pay or implement job cuts in a bid to stay in business.Meanwhile, it is likely that remaining employees at these organisations are facing personal struggles of ...
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Supplier articleGiving back with reward and recognition
Lauren Goldgrub, General Manager of OneHub | Recognition, BenefexAs employers, we have a certain amount of influence over our people – through workplace culture, communications, and much more. (It is no coincidence that some of the most philanthropic organisations employ the most compassionate individuals; not only does good attract good, ...
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Supplier article5 ways to improve your 2021 employer brand through your people
By Mark Puncher, CEO of Employer Branding AustraliaOK, so we’re all hoping for a better 2021. From a people and culture perspective, however, it’s not just going to land in your lap. In fact, all the signs are that employee engagement and culture shaping will be even more complex this ...
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How 4 must-have employee wellbeing tools can improve the employee experience
By Charlotte Neal, Senior Employee Engagement Specialist at Reward GatewayWhen you look after your people, you also teach them to look after themselves – that’s a little thought that sprung to mind when reflecting on the past nine months. In a year that brought us more peaks and troughs than ...
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ArticleMcDonald’s named Top Employer for working mums
McDonald’s, UBS, PwC and IBM (UK) are all among the UK’s leading organisations for initiatives supporting working parents, according to the annual Top Employers Awards run by employment agency Workingmums.co.uk.The awards – now in their eleventh year – celebrate employers that go above and beyond in helping stuff juggle their ...
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ArticleLidl rewards frontline staff with £200 ‘thank-you’
Low-cost supermarket chain Lidl is to give all of its frontline workers a one-off £200 ‘thank-you’ in appreciation of the commitment staff have shown during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) crisis.The payment – to in-store staff, cleaners and those who work in its warehouses – will be awarded to around 25,000 workers, ...
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ArticleWilko stuns union by slashing sickness benefit terms
Retailer Wilko has been told it should "hang its head in shame" by the GMB union after it drastically cut sick pay terms for employees without any prior consultation.The move, announced to staff last Friday and effective from 1 February, means that if any employee takes a single day of ...
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ArticleMental health fears not being met with action
New data from employee experience agency Home has found high employer levels of worry about staff mental health, but less actual help in dealing with it.According to the poll, 80% of organisations said employee mental health was being negatively impacted by the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. But despite this level of ...
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ArticlePoll: Four-fifths of employers are giving working parents more flexibility to cope
Employee Benefits Poll: An overwhelming majority of organisations say they are providing staff with greater flexibility to help working parents cope during the current lockdown.This week’s straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers has found more than four-fifths (82%) cite offering flexibility as the main way in which they are supporting employees ...
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ArticleEmployee gives newly-won car to colleague
Something for the weekend: For many people, winning a brand new car from their company would be one way to end a pretty rubbish year on a high. But for one Wisconsin-based worker, her reward turned into a powerful act of peer-to-peer recognition.Haley Bridges, staffer at Chick-fil-A restaurant in Appleton, ...
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Supplier articleEmployee engagement product innovations
By Sevil Rahimova, Head of Product at Reward GatewayWelcome back to the next instalment of Product Innovations, where we give you a quarterly overview of our newest developments and improvements to our products. If you missed our last update, you can check it out here. We’ve been working hard to ...
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Supplier articleMaking the Most of an Overlooked Asset: Employee Feedback
Customer ratings and reviews are accepted as valuable data sources for improving business performance. But what about internal company feedback? Not the appraisals handed out by managers to their direct reports, but upward feedback from employee to manager?Honest two-way communications with managers help employees feel engaged and motivated. But they ...