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    Chinese army provides matchmaking services for soldiers

    2010-07-02T10:00:39Z

    Keeping work their and personal lives separate is not necessarily the best option for single Chinese soldiers, who †rely on their employer to get them a date.China's People's Liberation Army is adapting its benefits package to help soldiers, many of whom are stationed in remote parts of the world, find ...

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    Friends Provident staff raise money for charity

    2010-06-29T11:32:44Z

    Friends Provident employees have helped to raise money for the charity Brain Tumour UK in memory of Friends Provident's former managing director UK, Simon Champ, who died earlier this year. The 32-mile 'Walking for Simon' charity event took place on 27 June and has so far raised £13,715 of a ...

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    Travelodge hosts sleep concert for employees

    2010-06-25T08:51:46Z

    Employers could do a lot worse than incorporating slumber time into their total reward offering.This is the view taken by †hotel chainTravelodge, which is hosting a sleep concert to help sleep-deprived workers. Musicians playing commissioned snooze-inducing melodies will serenade employees attending the event.Less sympathetic employers may wonder if this is ...

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    Employees sense of belonging to their organisation has fallen

    2010-06-17T23:00:00Z

    Less than half (49%) of employees feel a strong sense of belonging to their organisation, a fall of 10% since 2008. According to the Putting it in Perspective study, by Infogroup’s ORC International division, 68% of employees also reported feeling proud to work for their organisations, compared to 70% in ...

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    UK organisations need World Cup strategy

    2010-06-10T23:00:00Z

    As the England squad prepares its strategy for World Cup dominance, UK employers are being advised to make sure their own World Cup strategies are in place in time for today’s kick off.A DLA Piper survey showed that 68% of respondents have offered no guidance to staff on acceptable workplace ...

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    Sodexo offers flexible working to combat absence levels during the World Cup

    2010-06-10T09:30:00Z

    Sodexo Motivation Solutions is taking a number of measures to prevent increased absence levels associated with the World Cup.According to the World Cup Fever survey conducted by the Institute of Payroll Professionals (IPP), one in six (16%) UK employees are planning to take holiday between 11 June and 11 July ...

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    Majority of creative sector employers offer benefits above basic salary

    2010-06-09T10:25:38Z

    Almost all (98%) employers in the creative sector offer benefits to employees over and above basic salary and holiday entitlement compared to 90% in 2009.The figures, from the Kingston Smith W1 Employee Benefits Survey, also indicate that the majority of respondents intend to increase the level of benefits they provide ...

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    Accor Services, Capital Incentives and Motivano merge

    2010-06-08T10:40:17Z

    Accor Services, Capital Incentives and Motivano are coming together as a single organisation called Edenred from 1 July 2010.Accor Services, which acquired Capital Incentives in 2004 and a majority share in Motivano in 2007, is de-merging from the Accor Hotels hospitality group.Edenred will have a presence in 40 countries, serving ...

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    Royal Bank of Canada staff raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital

    2010-06-07T09:14:00Z

    Staff from the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) have taken part in a five-kilometre fun run in support of Great Ormond Street Hospital.More than 350 of the bank’s employees, friends and families took part in the RBC sponsored Race for the Kids in Battersea Park, London, on 6 June.In total, ...

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    Red Letter Days launches corporate events website

    2010-06-03T09:14:37Z

    Red Letter Days has launched a website offering organisations a range of corporate events, that can be used as a way of rewarding, developing, engaging and entertaining staff.The events are divided into categories such as team building, activity days, incentives, and hospitality and mobile events.Heather Rogers, director of sales at ...

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    Inchcape Fleet Solutions’ staff raise money for charity

    2010-06-03T09:12:27Z

    More than 160 staff and directors at Inchcape Fleet Solutions spent a day fundraising on 28 May, donating more than £2,000 to registered charity Guide Dogs.The vehicle leasing and fleet management organisation manages the charity’s 520-strong fleet and donates a percentage of its annual management fee back to Guide Dogs.The ...

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    Flexible working is most popular benefit

    2010-06-01T10:08:36Z

    Flexible working is the most valued benefit for employees, ahead of bonuses according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).Its Managing Tomorrow’s People found flexible working arrangements were rated the most important benefit by 47% of respondents, compared to performance-related bonuses which came second (19%).The results come as the new coalition government ...

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    Care UK launches an employee recognition programme for hospital staff

    2010-05-31T23:00:00Z

    Managers can nominate members of their team who go the extra mile. These staff are given access to an online portal where they can select a gift. They can also bank points to save for a larger gift.Lisa McGill, HR manager at Care UK, said the scheme, provided by Michael ...

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    Naked Office TV series raises questions about reward

    2010-05-21T08:49:20Z

    The return of the television show The Naked Office raises questions about what benefits should be provided for employees that come to work in the buff.Seat warmers, fake tan and dress-up Fridays are just a few perks that may be appreciated by nude staff members.On the other hand, employers might ...

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    Microsoft named as the best place to work in Europe

    2010-05-20T09:21:18Z

    Microsoft has been named as the best place to work in Europe for the third year in a row.The firm won the Best Large Workplace in Europe 2010 award at a gala ceremony at the Great Place to Work Institute's European conference in Madrid.Microsoft caught the eye of the judges ...

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    Employers deem work-life initiatives integral to total reward

    2010-05-19T09:18:03Z

    More than half (59%) of multinational organisations consider work-life initiatives as a staple of total rewards.According to The State of Total Rewards Integration survey by WorldatWork and Mercer, which polled 741 multinational organisations, when asked to define total reward, the majority of respondents included work-life balance, such as flexible work ...

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    Half of UK employees are consulted on voucher preferences

    2010-05-18T12:44:12Z

    More than half (53%) of employees are consulted on which vouchers they would prefer to receive as a reward or incentive, according to a poll by The Voucher Shop.Paul McRae, business development manager at The Voucher Shop, said: “Consulting with employees on which vouchers they would like to receive is ...

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    Half of organisations do not carry out annual employee engagement surveys

    2010-05-14T10:21:34Z

    Only 59% of UK organisations carry out annual or half-annual employee engagement surveys, according to a poll conducted by employee communication consultancy Caburn Hope.Three-quarters (78%) of respondents confirmed they have conducted some form of employee feedback or employee engagement survey, but only 19% of these were on an ad-hoc basis.Chris ...

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    Research: Music in the workplace boosts staff morale

    2010-05-14T09:14:06Z

    Research this week showed that playing music in the workplace is a cost efficient way to improve staff morale.A survey of 1,200 workers conducted by the MusicWorks campaign, which aims to encourage businesses to play more music, found that 71% of employees wanted music played in the workplace. It also ...

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    John Lewis celebrates 10 years of community giving

    2010-05-11T10:45:00Z

    The John Lewis Partnership has donated 181,000 hours of staff (known as 'partners' within the firm) time to charities over the past decade through secondments.To mark the 10th anniversary of its community giving programme, the Golden Jubilee Trust, the retailer is financing ten additional partner secondments at a cost of ...