News – Page 69
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EXCLUSIVE: London 2012 sponsors offer event perks to staff
Organisations such as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Lloyds TSB, Sainsbury's and Scottish Widows are using their status as sponsors of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to offer staff incentives and benefits aligned with the events.They are giving employees the opportunity to attend an Olympics or Paralympics event. Law firm Freshfields, ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Good Measures offers green service to help employers promote sustainability
Good Measures is to launch a service that encourages staff to improve their employer's environmental sustainability and take a share of any cost savings.The service, One Planet Workplace, is designed to help UK employers meet the government target of a 34% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.It allows organisations ...
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EXCLUSIVE: L'Oreal adds workplace choir to wellbeing programme
L’Oreal has added a workplace choir to its wellbeing programme.The choir, which began holding weekly practices in September, is provided by Music in Offices.L'Oreal's My Wellbeing package also includes: discounted gym memberships, healthy-eating options in its canteen, yoga classes, bikes for work, a Dance to Work programme in partnership with ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Edenred adds incentive programme to product range
Edenred has added a new incentive platform and a new employee discounts platform to its product range.The Complements Select incentive platform brings together all the provider’s reward products, including vouchers and gift cards for single and multi-store use, experience products, and holiday and travel products.A personalised email with an e-code ...
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Buyer's guide to electronic vouchers
Key factsWhat are electronic voucher cards?These can be offered to employees as part of an incentive scheme or through salary deduction. The cards can be programmed for use at a specific retailer, multiple retailers, or at a selected group of retailers.Where can employers get more information?The UK Gift Card and ...
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The Voucher Shop research: Paper vouchers still popular in reward and incentive schemes
Almost half (46%) of employers are choosing to reward their staff with paper vouchers over plastic ones, according to research by The Voucher Shop.The poll was conducted among HR managers and executives across a range of sectors.Kuljit Kaur, head of business development at The Voucher Shop, said: “Paper vouchers continue ...
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Two-fifths of men want to work in an all-male environment
While an all-male workforce may make unrequited conversations about football a thing of the past and conveniently abolish an organisation’s gender pay gap, is it really the best way to do business?According to research by Reabur.com, 41% of men believe that the ideal working environment would be all male, largely ...
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TUI Travel rolls out volunteering programme
Tour operator TUI Travel has launched a volunteering initiative, which will offer employees the opportunity to get involved with community projects.TUI Travel, which owns brands Thomson and First Choice Holidays, started the programme as the first of many volunteering projects. The programme saw employees redecorate Keech Hospice Care, a local ...
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Aberdeen Asset Management rolls out payroll-giving scheme to staff
Aberdeen Asset Management has introduced a payroll-giving scheme that allows staff to round down their net pay to the nearest pound and donate the remaining pennies to charity.The scheme, Pennies for Promise, was launched by Activpayroll on 5 September at the beginning of National Payroll Week, and is open to ...
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Japanese employees to adopt energy-saving hair cuts
Some organisations ask their staff to take part in carbon-offsetting programmes or to switch off their computers as part of efforts to protect the environment and boost their corporate social responsibility (CSR) credentials.However, Japanese construction firm Maeda Corporation is getting staff to use their heads to save energy.In response to ...
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Filmology launches discounted cinema voucher
Filmology has launched a discounted cinema voucher product for employers to offer to staff.The vouchers, which can be added to an organisation’s voluntary benefits portal, can save staff up to 40% on regular cinema admission.The vouchers are redeemable at over 480 cinemas across the UK and Ireland, including Cineworld, Showcase, ...
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Computershare staff raise money for charity
Computershare employees are getting active to raise money for charity in September.†Computershare employees, along with clients and contacts, will be cycling through Namibia on a 530-kilometre route that started in Windhoek on 3 September and ends in Walvis Bay three days later.Funds raised through sponsorship, as well as a yard ...
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Employers focus on attracting school leavers
Employers’ benefits and reward offerings for young employees are in the spotlight following A-level and GCSE results.Some of the UK’s largest organisations are aiming to attract high-achieving school leavers in addition to university graduates. This comes amid fears that higher university tuition fees will affect the diversity of graduates.Accountancy firms ...
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Payroll Giving in Action launches smartphone payroll donation service
Payroll Giving in Action (PGA) has launched a smartphone-friendly payroll donation service called Go Mobile.Owners of smartphone devices, including iPhone, Blackberry and HTC, can access the online giving initiative, which allows employers to create and promote their own payroll giving website to employees.The site can be shared with employees electronically ...
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Healix Group employees to cycle 1,550 miles for charity
Employees at Healix Group are completing an 18-day cycling challenge to raise money for the British Heart Foundation.Starting off at Big Ben in London, the employees will cover 1,550 miles, cycling south to Portsmouth, taking an overnight ferry to France, before continuing through the Normandy and Loire regions, following the ...
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Zenith Provecta employees take part in charity and volunteering programmes
Zenith Provecta employees have taken part in fundraising activities and a local volunteering project.The fleet provider raised more than £1,100 for the automotive industry charity BEN through fundraising activities such as a barbecue, quiz, raffle, and an auction selling unused IT equipment to employees.Ian Hughes, commercial director at Zenith Provecta, ...
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Employers advised on how to engage disenfranchised younger workers after the riots
While unemployment and lack of opportunities for young people are cited as some of the societal reasons behind last week’s riots, it has also emerged that younger generations feel disenfranchised in the workplace.Claire McCartney, an adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), said that the economic climate ...
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Grass Roots Group and Cyclescheme staff to cycle for charity
Grass Roots Group and Cyclescheme employees will be raising money for the Willow Foundation by doing a 100-mile bike ride.Setting off from Cyclescheme’s head office in Bath on 19 August, the employees will finish the charity bike ride at Grass Roots Group head office in Tring, Hertfordshire.Daniel Gillborn, head of ...
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Addiction to gadgets causes disruption in the office
Blackberrys, mobile phones, and laptops dished out by employers to help boost productivity may actually result in a disruptive workplace addiction.Signs of a gadget addict include: sending text messages and accessing social networking sites in meetings, and continuing to take calls and listening to messages even after their boss has ...
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Employers forums on age and belief to re-launch as Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion
The Employers Forum on Age (EFA) and the Employers Forum on Belief (EFB) are re-launching as the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (ENEI) in October 2011.The new organisation will run as a charity and cover all nine protected characteristics in The Equality Act 2010.It will offer an integrated service ...