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    Harrods, Pure Planet and Adecco Group awarded for employee engagement

    2020-01-24T12:24:50Z

    Harrods, renewable energy firm Pure Planet and recruitment organisation The Adecco Group are among the organisations recognised at the 2019 UK and European Employee Engagement Awards. The annual event, which was held at the Troxy, London on 23 January 2020, is designed to recognise organisations that put employee engagement at ...

  • National Centre for Diversity Equality Index 100
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    Leeds Building Society and Huddersfield New College among Top 100 inclusive employers

    2020-01-20T11:05:18Z

    Image credit: Yorkshire TimesThe National Centre for Diversity (NCFD) has announced the UK’s Top 100 Index of organisations working to make work environments more inclusive. Included on the list are organisations such as Leeds Building Society, Galliford Try Highways and Huddersfield New College. At an event on 17 January 2020, ...

  • Confessions
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    Confessions of a benefits manager: Candid begins succession planning

    2020-01-10T06:15:40Z

    This year, along with the usual performance review, we have a new succession planning process to do. It gets worse: my team have been enlisted to help the other departments, in addition to completing our own.So, what does succession planning actually mean? When someone leaves, in real life, my organisation ...

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    Breakspear Park hosts Christmas market for 1,300 on-site employees

    2019-12-13T10:48:24Z

    Hemel Hempstead business park Breakspear Park has held a pop-up Christmas market for the approximately 1,300 employees working for organisations with offices based in the complex. On 3 December 2019, employees at businesses including BAM Construction, NHSP, and Britvic were able to take advantage of the event, put on by ...

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    Four-fifths believe employee experience links to business performance

    2019-12-13T10:38:28Z

    Almost four-fifths (79%) of organisations believe that creating a positive employee experience directly correlates with improved business performance, according to Kincentric.The Kincentric’s 2019 global employee experience (EX) report, published in November 2019, surveyed 1,300 HR professionals worldwide, and also found that despite the perceived links to business success, less than ...

  • Engagement
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    90% of employees are engaged in their current roles

    2019-12-11T11:31:50Z

    Nine in 10 (90%) employees identify themselves as engaged in the workplace in their current roles, according to research by Wrike.Its Employee engagement survey: The productivity gap, which surveyed more than 5,000 full-time employees in the US, UK, France, Germany, and Australia, also found that just under half (45%) of ...

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    Morrisons offers employers a £7.50 per head Christmas party venue

    2019-12-06T06:00:57Z

    Something for the weekend: Supermarket chain Morrisons is opening its doors to employers that, though lacking in budget, want to offer employees a Christmas party with all the trimmings this year. Morrisons cafes will give cash-strapped employers the opportunity to treat staff to a traditional Christmas dinner for £6.50 per ...

  • Guardian News and Media
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    Financial Times wins RNIB Employer of the year award

    2019-12-02T12:03:53Z

    The Financial Times has been recognised as Employer of the year at the Royal National Institute of Blind People's (RNIB) See Differently Awards, held on 26 November 2019. The RNIB awards recognised organisations and individuals across the UK for their support of people with sight loss, and the national broadsheet ...

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    Manchester University NHS Trust employees record 25,000 sustainable actions

    2019-11-29T10:35:06Z

    Employees at Manchester University NHS Trust have completed 25,000 positive actions since the launch of its incentivised wellbeing and sustainability programme, Green Rewards, six months ago.The organisation, which employs 20,000 staff, launched the initiative, provided by Jump, in May 2019. As at November, it has recorded that 30,000kg of CO2 ...

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    The Group Company offers new employees trip to Barbados

    2019-11-28T12:59:10Z

    Something for the weekend: Group travel specialist The Group Company is offering new recruits the opportunity to join its current team of 35 in Barbados for a luxurious weekend away in 2020. The organisation is currently on the lookout for four new starters within its tours, reservations and business development ...

  • UK Power Networks
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    UK Power Networks offers 1,000 employees 18 days of police volunteering leave

    2019-11-27T10:45:42Z

    Utility organisation UK Power Networks has announced that it will be giving its 1,000 Suffolk-based employees an extra 18 days of paid leave to volunteer as special police constables. As special constables, any UK Power Network employee interested in joining the force will have the same power as a regular ...

  • Indeed
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    Rentokil, Apple and Barclays among the UK's 10 most popular employers

    2019-11-26T09:45:34Z

    Pest control services Rentokil, US technology giant Apple and British bank Barclays are among the 10 most popular places to work in the UK, according to global job site Indeed’s league table of UK's most popular employers.The list was complied based on analysis of tens of thousands of employee reviews ...

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    Ikea, Tesla and Booking.com among top employers for diversity in Europe

    2019-11-21T09:30:39Z

    Image credit: Bubble_Tea Stock / Shutterstock.comFurniture retailer Ikea, automotive and energy business Tesla and travel website Booking.com are among the top 10 employers listed on the Diversity Leaders 2020 rankings, published by the Financial Times.The list, in its inaugural year, was compiled following a survey of 80,000 employees across 10,000 ...

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    EXCLUSIVE: Adidas fosters trust and promotes flexibility to drive performance

    2019-10-03T10:18:12Z

    Employee Benefits Live 2019: Jonathan Collinge (pictured), corporate social responsibility (CSR) manager at multinational sports clothing brand Adidas, opened day two of Employee Benefits Live 2019 with insights into how the organisation approaches culture and the employee experience.Collinge's keynote speech, which took place on Wednesday 2 October 2019 at the ...

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    EXCLUSIVE: Charles Stanley harnesses employee voice to boost staff engagement

    2019-10-02T08:42:47Z

    Employee Benefits Live 2019: Financial services organisation Charles Stanley has increased its employee engagement from 67% in 2016 to 76% in 2018, by harnessing employee ideas and empowering staff to participate in its transformation.Speaking on Tuesday October 1 as part of the employee engagement conference stream, Kate Griffiths-Lambeth, group HR ...

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    EXCLUSIVE: Twitter views improving work as an exercise in enhancing the human experience

    2019-10-02T07:30:50Z

    Employee Benefits Live 2019: Addressing delegates in the opening keynote of the 21st annual Employee Benefits Live conference, Bruce Daisley, vice president, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Twitter, spoke about how organisations can improve the employee experience at work.Daisley drew attention to five key points that he believes ...

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    Poll: Two-fifths think volunteering days improve staff wellbeing

    2019-09-27T08:47:20Z

    Employee Benefits poll: Almost two-fifths (38%) of Employee Benefits readers believe that the main benefit of providing staff with dedicated volunteering days is the improvement to employee wellbeing.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 47 responses, also found that 28% feel that the main positive effect of offering volunteer ...

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    Ogilvy UK launches employee support network focused on neurodiversity

    2019-09-24T10:42:42Z

    Advertising and marketing agency Ogilvy UK, which has a workforce of approximately 1,200, including freelancers, is marking National Inclusion Week (23 to 29 September 2019) with the launch of an internal support network focused on neurodiversity.The employee network will aim to provide education, awareness and support for, and about, employees ...

  • Five Guys
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    Five Guys recognised for employee value proposition in hospitality industry

    2019-09-24T10:38:06Z

    American fast food chain Five Guys has been named winner in the Employer brand and EVP (employee value proposition) category at the Caterer.com People Awards 2019.The awards, organised by hospitality recruitment and job listing website Caterer.com, recognise employers across a range of categories, as judged by a panel of experts ...

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    O2 pledges commitment to disability inclusion during National Inclusion Week

    2019-09-23T09:44:37Z

    Telecommunications organisation O2 has today (23 September 2019) announced its commitment to increasing disability inclusion within the business by joining The Valuable 500.The Valuable 500, a social movement launched in January 2019 and operated by business campaign group #valuable, is a year-long campaign aiming to gain commitments from 500 private ...