News – Page 51
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ArticleVMware to discuss employee value propositions
Software firm VMware will discuss how employers can construct an effective employee value proposition (EVP) and the impact this can have on staff engagement, at Employee Benefits Live 2015.Ian Wright (pictured), senior manager, compensation and benefits at VMware, will also examine how an effective EVP can enhance the overall brand ...
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ArticleMidlandHR holds staff events to celebrate National Payroll Week
Employees at human resources and payroll service provider Midland HR are taking part in a range of activities to mark National Payroll Week (NPW).The organisation, which employs 500 staff, will host events at its HR Outsourcing (HRO) Centre in Nottingham (pictured). The activities are themed ‘It plays to learn’, in ...
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ArticleWorld Duty Free Group to discuss staff recognition
World Duty Free Group will speak at a session focusing on how employers can enhance staff engagement through recognition schemes at Employee Benefits Live 2015.Alongside Neal Blackshire, benefits and compensation manager at McDonald’s Restaurants, World Duty Free Group’s UK reward and HR system manager, Karen Waterman, will discuss what workplace ...
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ArticleBooking.com to discuss multi-generational workforces
Online travel agency Booking.com will discuss the ageing workforce and how employers can create a reward package to suit a multi-generational workforce at Employee Benefits Live 2015.Luke Sondelski, global manager, compensation and benefits at Booking.com, will speak at a session entitled ’From Gen Y to the ageing workforce: developing effective ...
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ArticleWithers to discuss what makes an award-winning benefits scheme
Sharon Tebb (pictured), compensation and benefits manager at law firm Withers, will provide insight into what makes an employee benefits package award-winning at Employee Benefits Live 2015, on 22 September.Tebb will speak alongside Toria McCahill, head of reward at Dentsu Aegis Network, and David Brackwell, head of organisational health at ...
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ArticleCapital One to share how to become a destination employer
Capital One will share how to become a destination employer during the closing keynote session at Employee Benefits Live 2015 on 22 September.The session, entitled ‘How to become a destination employer’, will focus on how employers can connect their employees with the key goals of the business.This final keynote will ...
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ArticleHeineken and Virgin Media communicate pension changes to staff
Employee Benefits Live 2015: Heineken and Virgin Media have adopted a continuous communications approach to inform staff about the pension reforms.Speaking at a conference session on the effect of the latest general election on workplace pensions at Employee Benefits Live 2015, David Roberts, head of pensions and benefits at Virgin ...
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ArticleEmployers should educate staff about childcare voucher changes
Employee Benefits Live 2015: Employers should educate their employees about the government’s changes to childcare vouchers planned for autumn 2017, said Gemma Dainty (pictured), reward consultant at TalkTalk.Dainty discussed the planned changes at Employee Benefits Live 2015, during a session entitled ‘The changes to childcare vouchers: assessing the impact on ...
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ArticleEmployers must align financial wellbeing to reward
Employee Benefits Live 2015: Employers need to align their financial wellbeing scheme to their total reward programme in order to engage the workforce of tomorrow, according to Ian Hodson (pictured), reward manager at The University of Lincoln.Speaking at a session at Employee Benefits Live 2015, ’Educating your workforce to take ...
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ArticleChartered Institute of Legal Executives to boost wellbeing with table tennis
The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives has launched a new table tennis workplace wellbeing initiative for its 140 onsite staff.The awarding body and professional association for lawyers and legal professionals introduced the scheme with the support of Table Tennis England. It plans to run regular competitions to increase employee involvement ...
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ArticleLateRooms.com launches long-service awards
EXCLUSIVE: LateRooms.com has launched a long-service awards scheme, which will award long-serving staff with either a £150 or £250 voucher for a Red Letter Days experience.Some 17% of LateRooms.com’s employees will receive a voucher as a reward for being with the hotel booking service for five or ten years.The online ...
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ArticleBritish Airways gives staff allotment
British Airways has offered employees allotment plots at its headquarters near Heathrow Airport to help improve their general health and wellbeing.The allotment is being offered to staff to coincide with National Allotment Week, which runs from 10-16 August 2015.The allotment keepers also have a social network on which they can ...
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Driving engagement and productivity and recognising the importance of communicating benefits
brightcove.createExperiences();The 10 minute video tutorial above covers:How can you make staff engagement a driver of performance?How can employers help to drive engagement?How can we support productivity with a healthy workforce?How can employers help to drive productivity?Can the communication of benefits really ...
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Article34% too tired from work to enjoy life outside of it
Over a third (34%) of respondents are too tired to enjoy life outside of work as a result of their job, according to research by communications consultancy Lansons.Its Britain at work report, which is based on two surveys conducted by Opinium with 2,003 and 2,008 UK employees, found that this ...
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Article32% of London workers are motivated by non-monetary benefits
Around a third (32%) of workers in London are most motivated by non-monetary benefits, selecting them as a key differential when looking for work, according to research by NGA Human Resources.The study, which surveyed 1,500 people working full-time in UK-based organisations, also found that around three-quarters (76%) of Londoners say ...
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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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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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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 ...