News – Page 75

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    B&Q to offer environmental scheme for 30,000 staff

    2010-09-06T09:25:52Z

    B&Q is to help its 30,000 employees reduce their energy bills and their carbon footprint with a programme of eco-incentives that could save up to an estimated £4.2 million and over 19 million kg of carbon dioxide.Over the next three months, all 30,000 employees will be able to take up ...

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    Motivate staff to kick post-holiday blues

    2010-08-27T09:38:00Z

    As the rain sets in, many employees are reluctantly returning to work after their summer holiday.With many staff struggling to get back into working mode, the debate over how employers should motivate staff to kick the post-holiday blues is underway.Leading commentators on the issue have differing views on how employers ...

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    Capita Hartshead director to climb Alps for charity

    2010-08-26T09:35:37Z

    Capita Hartshead director Clive Wickenden and Dave Morris, engagement director for Service Birmingham, (Birmingham City Council's joint venture with Capita Business Services) plan to climb the Alps for charity.The two men are planning a three-day trek aiming to raise at least £5,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.Wickenden, director of client services, ...

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    Majority of employers value flexible working for staff

    2010-08-24T10:18:32Z

    The majority of employers (92%) believe employees work best when offered a work-life balance.The charity Gingerbread conducted a survey which found the key employment practices required by single parents are: part-time or flexible hours; flexibility to attend school functions; and paid time off when their child is sick.As a result, ...

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    'Geared for Giving' campaign reaches more than a million employees

    2010-08-24T10:10:02Z

    The ‘Geared for Giving’ campaign has reached its target of making workplace giving schemes available to more than a million employees.The campaign, which was launched in 2008 by entrepreneur and author Duncan Bannatyne and MP Anne Snelgrove, has raised more than £1.2 million for hundreds of charities with over £8 ...

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    Goodman Masson staff raise money for charity

    2010-08-23T12:55:21Z

    Goodman Masson staff have raised money for the charity Help for Heroes by dressing up as Superman.The firm broke the world record for the largest number of people dressed as Superman with 180 staff members, friends and families wearing the blue jump suit, red shoes and cape.Thousands of pounds were ...

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    Benefits help staff vote Gratterpalm great place to work

    2010-08-19T09:49:00Z

    Advertising agency Gratterpalm’s latest annual staff survey has revealed that employees voted it a great place to work, partly due to its benefits provision.Gratterpalm’s benefits include private healthcare, childcare vouchers and flexible working.Employees also have the chance to spin the ‘wheel of fortune’ to win prizes that include an extra ...

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    Asos.com raises £10,000 since relaunching workplace giving scheme

    2010-08-17T23:00:00Z

    Asos.com employees have raised more than £10,000 since relaunching its workplace giving scheme in November last year.†The online fashion retailer won the Best Use of Payroll Giving award at this year’s Institute of Fundraising National Awards for the relaunch.Asos.com worked with fundraising organisation Workplace Giving UK to relaunch the scheme ...

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    Computacentre launches reward and recognition programme

    2010-08-13T09:42:13Z

    Computacentre has launched an online reward and recognition programme for its 4,000 employees.Incentive and motivation agency AYMTM will deliver the scheme under the firm’s recognition awards called ‘Excellence in Action’.Among the available recognition applications are personalised ‘Moonpig’ style cards from colleagues to colleagues, to a more formal thank-you from line ...

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    Kia Motors launches incentive compensation management system

    2010-08-05T09:10:00Z

    Kia Motors UK has launched an incentive compensation management system.The Kia Incentive Management System will be used to help boost salesforce motivation and performance by improving the speed, accuracy and visibility of incentive payments.Through the system, which is provided by Merced, Kia will be able to: View all payments onlineDownload ...

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    Boots reduces staff absences with one-off recognition scheme

    2010-08-01T23:00:00Z

    Boots has reduced absence levels by awarding an Advantage Card up to the value of £50 to employees with 100% attendance over the past year.The vouchers were sent to 26,000 employees from the retailer's 60,000-strong UK workforce. The value of the vouchers were pro-rated for part-time staff.The one-off recognition scheme, ...

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    Peoplevalue launches new employee reward and recognition service

    2010-07-28T09:17:30Z

    Peoplevalue has launched an employee reward and recognition impact and effectiveness review service.Its eRewardInsight service will help employers structure an employee reward and recognition scheme prior to its introduction to ensure it is aligned with business objectives.It will also give employers an insight into the functioning of existing reward and ...

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    Public sector staff most satisfied with holiday provision

    2010-07-27T09:15:57Z

    Public sector employees are the most happy with the amount of holiday they receive from their employer. According to IFF Research's Attitudes to Work, more than two-thirds (68%) of public sector employees are very satisfied with how much holiday they have compared with 42% in the private sector.†The findings also ...

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    Public sector pay freezes rise

    2010-07-26T09:57:57Z

    The proportion of public sector staff reporting pay freezes has jumped from 30% to 51% over the last three months according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).Its quarterly Employee Outlook survey Summer 2010 edition, which surveyed 2,000 employees, showed that 51% of of public sector respondents said ...

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    Employees given chocolate for switching off computers

    2010-07-23T09:18:46Z

    Council employees in Gloucestershire have been rewarded with chocolate simply for turning their computer off at the end of the day.Cotswold District Council left chocolate bars on the desks of those who had shut their computer down properly and switched their monitors off.The council said the move, costing around £50, ...

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    UK ranks highly on flexible working and work-life balance

    2010-07-16T10:20:50Z

    British employers are among the top in Europe on flexible working and work-life balance.The UK has scored a ‘B’ grade when it comes to flexible working and work-life balance, according to the Family and Parenting Institute (FPI).The charity’s Family-Friendly Report Card showed British employers are top among European nations in ...

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    Coal-walking laid on for employees backfires

    2010-07-09T15:52:09Z

    Workplace motivation days can be great way to get staff fired up and ready for the job at hand.However, employees working for an Italian estate agency, who walked on hot coals as part of their motivation day, know that some workplace initiatives to boost morale can backfire.Nine sales people from ...

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    Business in the Community launches employee volunteering tool

    2010-07-09T09:43:33Z

    Business in the Community (BITC) has launched the Employee Volunteering Check Up with input from Aramark, Linklaters, Lloyds Banking Group, and Prudential UK and Europe.The Check Up is an online, interactive quiz that provides respondents with tips and guidance on developing a range of employee volunteering opportunities.Respondents will also gain ...

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    Yell and Honda UK launch carbon payroll giving schemes

    2010-07-04T23:00:00Z

    Yell and Honda UK have signed up to cut carbon emissions as part of the Woodland Trust’s Carbon Payroll Giving scheme.The Woodland Trust launched the scheme in June to help individuals compensate for their carbon emissions, through donations, by planting more native trees in the UK.Employers are able to offer ...

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    John Lewis to hold summer events for staff

    2010-07-04T23:00:00Z

    John Lewis Partnership is to hold a series of events for staff and their families over the summer.On 25 July, it will stage an outdoor festival in the Thames Valley, followed by an event at the Tower of London for several thousand staff and their families.The retailer has also published ...