News – Page 55
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ArticleTui hosts employee recognition event
EXCLUSIVE: Tui UK and Ireland has held its annual employee recognition event, which included 24 finalists and five overall winners.The event is a culmination of the travel organisation’s recognition programme, ‘Saying… Thank you’, which also includes e-cards, £20 voucher awards and quarterly £100 voucher awards.Cara Catlin, reward analyst at Tui ...
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Unify awarded for motivational benefits
Unify won the award for Most motivatonal benefits at the Employee Benefits Awards 2014.Read why the organisation was judged to be the best in this category.The Employee Benefits Awards 2014 were held on 27 June 2014 at the Artillery Garden at the HAC London.
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ArticleFujitsu staff take part in fitness challenge
EXCLUSIVE: More than 1,400 employees at Fujitsu UK and Ireland are participating in the Global Corporate Challenge (GCC).The GCC is a 16-week initiative, which takes place between May and September and invites employees from around the world to form teams to represent their organisation.It aims to help staff improve their ...
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ArticleDOD’s blog: Summer treats cause a stir
Yesterday morning the news flew through our offices that free ice creams were on offer outside in the hot summer sunshine.Staff vacated their desks at such speed there was a danger of being crushed in the rush. It certainly did not mirror the reluctant dispersal in the fire drill earlier ...
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ArticleFamily-friendly policies more likely where employers consult unions
Family-friendly and equal opportunity policies are more likely to be adopted by organisations that consult or negotiate with unions, according to a report by Warwick Business School and Cass Business School.The Unions, joint regulation and workplace equality policy and practice in Britain paper, which surveyed 2,295 UK workplaces, was published ...
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Barclays and IBM awarded for work-life balance
Barclays, IBM and Marks and Spencer were awarded for their equality and inclusion policies at the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (ENEI) Awards 2014.The awards acknowledge and celebrate employers with a commitment to good practice above and beyond legal compliance, and innovative approaches that will inspire other employers.Barclays was ...
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ArticleArgos staff to strike over work-life balance
Around 1,000 Argos employees based at five distribution centres are to strike for 24 hours on Friday 4 July in a dispute over terms and conditions, including changes to working hours that could have an adverse impact on their work-life balance.The changes to terms and conditions are part of a ...
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ArticleSick days cost UK employers £23bn a year
Sick days are costing UK organisations more than £23 billion a year, down from £29 billion a year ago, according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).Its research, which surveyed 2,500 global organisations, found that UK employees still take triple the number of sick days than their global counterparts.UK employees take an ...
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Article49% are satisfied with their benefits package
Nearly half (49%) of employee respondents are satisfied with their benefits packages, according to research by Thomsons Online Benefits.The role of benefits in retaining and protecting your best talent report, which surveyed more than 450 organisations representing more than 1.2 million employees, found that 29% of employee respondents felt they ...
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ArticleUniversity College Cork launches online discounts scheme
EXCLUSIVE: The University College Cork has launched an online discounts scheme for its 3,000 employees.Its Extra For Me website, which has been branded for the university by provider Jordan Media Ireland, includes access to discounts from retailers such as Argos, Boots, Currys, Love2Shop, New Look, Marks and Spencer and Milano.Employees ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Striking a work-life balance
In case you haven’t come across the word ‘Europeanise’ before, it means to make a ridiculous US policy into something sensible and workable over here. He probably should have asked my colleague Lazy Susan to look at it; she has taken work-life balance to a whole new level, so you ...
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Article76% say pay helps to motivate employees
But they do not consider it to be the main motivator, with only 22% of 55 respondents who answered this question claiming this to be the case in their organisation. Just 2% of respondents do not believe pay motivates their workforce. Encouragingly, 64% of 35 respondents measure the extent to ...
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Article53% unaware of incoming flexible working legislation
More than half (53%) of employer respondents are unaware of the incoming flexible working legislation, according to research by online career portal Jobsite.Its Flexible working research, which surveyed 500 employers and 1,000 employees, found that, among employer respondents that are aware, 25% have not thought about the impact the legislation ...
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Barclays and Centrica are top employers for working families
Barclays, Centrica and Islington Council are among the winners of the 2014 Top Employers for Working Families Special Awards.The awards, which were founded by Working Families in partnership with the Institute for Employment Studies and are sponsored by Computershare Voucher Services, recognise employers that support parents, carers and flexible workers ...
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ArticleCorporate gift card and voucher sales up by 6%
Corporate gift card and voucher sales grew by nearly 6% in the first quarter of 2014, according to the UK Gift Card and Voucher Association (UKGVA).Its research, which was compiled by consultancy BDO, found that category specific gift cards generated the strongest growth, up by 7.9%.Both direct and online corporate ...
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ArticleBank of America Merrill Lynch aids staff weight loss
EXCLUSIVE: Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) employees have lost a total of 74.6 kilograms (kg) since the bank launched a weight management programme in January.The programme, ‘Weight a Minute’, aims to encourage employees to proactively review their eating habits, increase fitness activity and to make these changes sustainable.During the ...
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ArticleWorkplace walking campaign launches
National charities Living Streets and Mind have teamed up to help employers keep their workforce well and motivated during Walk to Work Week, which runs from 12 to 16 May.The campaign aims to encourage organisations to help employees build some walking into their day to benefit their physical and mental ...
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ArticleDebi O’Donovan: How far does CSR extend?
Everyone has their own way to check whether what organisations say about themselves holds true.For example, any corporate entity can paint itself green and say it is environmentally friendly. But if its actions do not match its words, it will soon be found out. Probably by its own staff first.So ...
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ArticleEHRC urges employers to support carers
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) told the Court of Appeal on 13 May that employers should, as far as is reasonable, make adjustments to support employees who are caring for disabled family members.The case, in which the commission intervened as a third party to assist the court, involves ...
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ArticleDanone and UKTV shortlisted for motivational benefits
Danone and UKTV are among the employers that have been shortlisted for the award ‘Most motivational benefits’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2014.This award recognises employers that have put in place a successful motivation strategy that uses either incentives or motivational rewards to help drive employee performance, engagement or retention.The ...