All Motivation and recognition articles – Page 53
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ArticleUBS rewards 25,000 employees with £30 million bonus pot
Investment bank group UBS is rewarding 25,000 junior employees globally with a bonus to thank them for their hard work during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The payment, which is equivalent to one week’s salary, will be paid to eligible employees in the fourth quarter, and will cost the organisation £30 million.Currently, ...
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Supplier articleRecognise your team for a job well done with Each Person
Employee recognition regularly crops up on lists featuring tips on how to ensure your company has happy employees, with Entrepreneur.com suggesting it should be fourth in terms of your priorities as a CEO. On top of that, Deloitte states that ‘employee engagement, productivity and performance are 14% higher than in ...
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Supplier article7 Questions with Robert Green - Vice President Reward at Colt Technology
Has your approach and strategy to employee benefits and Reward and Recognition changed given the current pandemic?Colt has always had a strong focus on rewarding and recognising our employees, however the current pandemic definitely highlighted that our approach is more important than ever. During these last few months, we put ...
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Supplier articleTop tips for running Reward and Recognition on a budget
The current times we find ourselves in, within this global pandemic, is an interesting one, especially for the economy and businesses alike. There seems to be a lot of uncertainties about what the future may hold, how businesses will ultimately be affected, both in the short term and the long ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Baxter’s uses a hybrid of cash and non-cash rewards to motivate staff
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: Baxter’s motivates its employees with a benefits strategy that combines cash and non-cash rewards.In a session titled 'How non-cash reward is delivering value now more than ever' in the Employee Benefits Reset online series, Clyde Marwick, group HR director at Baxter’s, explained that alongside cash rewards, ...
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ArticleBartle Bogle Hegarty welcomes staff back to the office with a virtual sheep
Something for the weekend: Employees at Singapore-based creative agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) returned to the office to be greeted by a black virtual sheep.With offices opening back up after the government in Singapore announced it was safe to return from 5 October 2020. BBH decided to spread some cheer ...
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Supplier article5 reasons why employee discounts make a difference to your employees
Many businesses may shy away from offering any type of employee discounts package to their employees, for the most part, they are afraid the costs spent won't justify the investment at hand. But it is critical to note that employee discounts and benefits are so much more than just "perks" ...
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Case StudiesKindred Group adapts end-of-year benefits for remote workforce
As is the case with many organisation, the Kindred Group is still at the planning stage with its end-of-year celebrations and festivities.In previous years, the gambling operator has held large Christmas parties for its 400 UK employees, but with government restrictions placed on large gatherings due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) ...
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AnalysisWhat will festive incentives look like in 2020?
Need to know:Employers are taking a hestitant appraoch to festive incentives this year in light of the challenges that organisations have been faced with.However, employers have placed more importance on employee recognition throughout the year, and many will continue to do so during the festive season.Christmas parties may be put ...
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OpinionCharles Cotton: Festive celebrations can recognise employees for their hard work and value
Among those employers that responded to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD’s) 2018 Reward management survey, published in November 2018, 64% organised a Christmas office party or lunch for some or all staff, something that tends to be more widespread in the private sectors, and among small and ...
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ArticleHy-Vee rolls out the red carpet to reward finest employee
Something for the weekend: US supermarket Hy-Vee recognised one of its finest employees in style, by rolling out the red carpet for one of the best customer service specialists.Hy-Vee employee Bob Richards was awarded the Hy-Vees 2020 Legendary Customer Service award for non-stop high-quality people interaction and his scanning speed.All ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Personalisation & Health
Personalisation is about using data to identify what benefits your employees may need. The data gathered can then be used to tailor benefit schemes to the requirements of your staff. This creates a smarter solution that also benefit employers, boosts motivation and retains staff.Over the last few years, personalisation technology ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Taking Steps to Manage Productivity in 2021
Going forward, it’s important that businesses start to prepare for 2021. Taking lessons from the last few months, now is the perfect opportunity to press the reset button and take the time to look at how your business and employees are doing.There are no handbooks of what should be done. ...
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Supplier articleWhat does gamification in employee recognition really mean?
By Chloe Deiulis, Head of Content Strategy at Reward GatewayWelcome back to RG Blog Live! After our first two episodes, we took a pause so that we could focus on helping you to support your employees and businesses through the pandemic. Now we are back with our third and final ...
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Article50 Cent and Jay Mazini reward Burger King employees with $30,000 in cash
Something for the weekend: US rapper 50 Cent and his business partner (influencer) Jay Mazini decided to reward employees working at a Burger King restaurant with a lump sum of cash to recognise them for their hard work during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Cent (pictured right) and Mazini were spotted around ...
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Supplier articleHow to communicate with remote workers
By Alana Kiner, Client Success Manager at Reward GatewayAt the start of the pandemic, many companies whose workforces were entirely office-based had to transition overnight to being fully remote. Keeping employees connected, engaged and happy was a challenge many businesses faced.One of our clients, C Space, encountered these issues as ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Microsoft UK to discuss the new normal at Employee Benefits Reset 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Tim Robertson, UK compensation and benefits lead at multinational technology organisation Microsoft UK, will discuss how the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has shaped the future of the benefits and reward market at Employee Benefits Reset 2020.The session titled ‘HR and the new normal’ will be the opening keynote session on ...
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Supplier articleWhat does Reward and recognition mean to you?
Reward and recognition go hand-in -hand, yet are two different components. Recognition is often viewed as the cause, and reward as the effect. Employee reward and employee recognition both have important roles to play in engaging and motivating staff so it’s no surprise that many HR professionals have taken to ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Motivating & Rewarding Employees in 2021
There are many economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. One of the most pressing ones if the challenge of how to best manage the motivation and engagement of employees to drive business innovation and increase business productivity and profitability. In the new “normal,” businesses have to reassess their working processes ...
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ArticleMicrosoft, Virgin Unite, Special Olympics and Ikea to deliver keynotes at Employee Benefits Reset
Technology giant Microsoft, the charitable arm of the Virgin Group, Virgin Unite, sporting organisation the Special Olympics and Swedish retailer Ikea will be the four keynote speakers for Employee Benefits Reset online series.The online series of keynotes, how-to and strategy sessions, which will run from 5 October 2020 for two ...