All Motivation and recognition articles – Page 95
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ArticleBT staff to receive £265m through share schemes
Some 23,000 BT employees are to receive £265 million between them through the organisation’s share scheme payout.Two of the communication firm’s sharesave plans have matured, a five-year plan that opened in 2010 and a three-year plan that commenced in 2012.Almost 13,000 employees joined each of the schemes and around 2,500 ...
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ArticleNetflix introduces unlimited maternity and paternity leave
Netflix has implemented unlimited maternity and paternity leave for its 2,019 members of staff during the first year after a child’s birth or adoption. The on-demand media streaming service has introduced the initiative in an attempt to combine the needs and aspirations of its employees and the business.Parents can return ...
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ArticlePepsiCo and Starbucks boost productivity via wellbeing
EXCLUSIVE: Almost all (95%) of staff at Chiswick Park, which includes organisations such as Discovery, PepsiCo, Pernod Richard and Starbucks, feel that their productivity has been boosted by taking part in summer wellbeing events.The events, which are part of the business park’s Enjoy Work programme, are aimed at the 8,000 ...
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ArticleSpecsavers introduces retail incentive scheme
EXCLUSIVE: Specsavers has implemented an epoints system to reward and motivate its 17,500 employees.The optical retailer has introduced the multi-retailer consumer loyalty scheme from epoints Rewards, through which its employees can choose to buy products from retailers such as Thorntons, Amazon, Marks and Spencer, Odeon, T.G.I. Fridays and Pizza Hut.Specsavers ...
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ArticleIkea to raise minimum hourly salaries to almost $12 in the US
Ikea will increase its minimum hourly wage for its US employees to $11.87, which is $4.62 above the US national minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.From 1 January 2016, the average minimum hourly wage paid to staff will rise from $10.76 to $11.87, a $1.11, representing a 10.3% increase.The initiative ...
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ArticleTop tweets about the Employee Benefits Awards 2015
@Visualsoft: We had an amazing day in London on Friday at the #EBAwards (and walked away winners too!) – thank you @employeebenefit@Lucywillmeister: Reminded yesterday how fun bumper cars are #EBAwards @JoannaLongman: Congratulations to all the winners at the Employee Benefits Awards #EBAwards #Simplyhealth @Gramemejmooney: Great day so far at #EBAwards. ...
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ArticleStaff save £122.94 a month through share schemes
More than 1.4 million UK employees are now saving an average of £122.94 a month by investing in the oranisation they work for through share schemes, according to a study from IFS Proshare. Data from its annual Sharesave (SAYE) and share incentive plan (Sip) survey reveals that these figures are ...
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Case StudiesCapital One develops proposition to become a destination employer
Its vision of ‘making lives better’ underpins everything the employer does, having gone on a journey of rebuilding trust between the business, leadership, management and its employees.Karen Bowes, vice-president of international HR and sustainability at Capital One, says: “It is hard to compete with employers with a big external brand ...
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Case StudiesUKTV creates ideas culture to attract and retain employees
The TV broadcaster builds on this strategy to become a destination employer for top talent. It operates a strong focus on reward and recognition with three schemes to incentivise people to be creative, including a peer nomination scheme, on-the-spot thank yous from manangers and an employee awards ceremony.It also offers ...
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ArticleJust 6% see work-life balance as a priority
Just 6% of HR directors say work-life balance is a priority for their department, according to research by executive coaching provider Morgan Redwood.Its study, based on 250 responses from heads of HR departments, also found that just over a quarter (26%) regard staff wellbeing as being very closely connected to ...
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ArticleHyde Group pilots workplace massages
EXCLUSIVE: Housing association The Hyde Group (Hyde) is to pilot massages in the workplace across all its main offices as it puts an increased focus on employees’ health and wellbeing.The programme, provided by Massage in the Workplace, will take place throughout July, although it will continue to run until December ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: New starter questions Candid's incentive schemes
He is not, as we had intended, getting stuck into our purchasing budget, but bizarrely he is shaking things up in HR instead.I’ve come to realise that all Higher Beings think that HR is a waste of space, and let’s face it: they may have a point. Consider my colleague ...
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ArticleNorthern Ireland Prison Service extends eyecare benefit
The Northern Ireland (NI) Prison Service is continuing to offer its 6,000 employees corporate eyecare for the seventh consecutive year.The NI Prison Service will continue to offer driver eyecare, provided by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare, to all staff through e-vouchers, along with store vouchers in increments of £5 and £20.The £35 ...
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ArticleMEC UK improves employee wellbeing and motivation
EXCLUSIVE: Media advertising agency MEC UK has seen its staff health and wellbeing, productivity and motivation all improve in the first year of launching its ‘Smarter Working’ initiative.The scheme, which launched in June 2014 for its 560 employees, scraps the accrued hours rule and takes flexible working one step further ...
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ArticleCeridian launches reward and recognition platform
Payroll and HR software provider Ceridian, has launched an employee reward and recognition platform.It has partnerned with provider WorkAngel to offer staff a mobile-first technology platform to offer staff discounts, an inter-company private social network and real-time recognition and reward.The partnership also means the platform will be integrated into Ceridian’s ...
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ArticleWB Power Services implements new eyecare benefit
EXCLUSIVE: WB Power Services has introduced eyecare e-vouchers for its 41 members of staff.The supplier of temporary and back-up power solutions already provides safety eyewear for its engineers, and will be offering optical care e-vouchers as an additional extra.This new benefit, provided by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare, will be available to ...
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ArticleDisney, Swarovski and Paramount staff to take part in summer wellbeing events
EXCLUSIVE:Over 8,000 employees from 50 organisations at Chiswick Park, London, are taking part in a number of health and wellbeing events this summer.The business park, which includes employers such as PepsiCo, Swarovski, Paramount Pictures, Foxtons, Starbucks and the Walt Disney Company, is running its summer wellbeing programme between 5 June ...
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Case StudiesMcDonald's Restaurants puts motivation and reward at heart of business strategy
The organisation has boosted performance and productivity by ensuring all of its reward programmes are aligned to its business strategy. The employer was recognised for its approach in 2012, when it won an Employee Benefits Award for best alignment of benefits to the business strategy, and in the years since ...
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Article60% of fathers lack suitable working pattern
Half (50%) of working fathers believe that flexible working is perceived as a sign of a lack of commitment to their role, according to research from My Family Care, published in June 2015.The My Family Care fathers’ survey had 1,030 respondents in total: 1,000 fathers took part in the survey ...
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ArticleDeloitte among top employers for working parents
Cafcass, Centrica, Deloitte and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) are among the winners of the 2015 Top Employers for Working Families Special Awards.The sixth annual awards, which were founded by Working Families in partnership with the Institute for Employment Studies and sponsored by Computershare, recognise exceptional ...