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  • Employee Benefits Connect 2019
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    EXCLUSIVE: Learn how leadership impacts engagement at Employee Benefits Connect

    2019-02-05T10:59:20Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Michelin star chef Michael Caines MBE (pictured) will share his experience of using leadership to drive employee engagement and motivation, during his keynote address at Employee Benefits Connect 2019.The session, titled 'The secret sauce of winning leadership', will close the five-stream conference programme on Wednesday 27 February 2019.Caines will ...

  • Microsoft
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    Barclays, Fujitsu and Microsoft pledge to support disability inclusion

    2019-01-30T10:45:09Z

    Barclays, Fujitsu and Microsoft (pictured) are among the first global employers to sign a new disability inclusion commitment, The Valuable 500, operated by global business campaign #valuable.The Valuable 500 is a year-long, global campaign that is asking 500 private sector employers to pledge to support disability inclusion and equality within ...

  • Engagement
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    PKF Cooper Parry named 2018’s Employee engagement company of the year

    2019-01-28T11:14:57Z

    Midlands-based business advisers and accountancy firm PKF Cooper Parry has won Employee engagement company of the year at the 2018 UK and European Employee Engagement Awards.The Employee Engagement Awards (EE Awards) celebrate employers that have put workforce engagement at the heart of their business strategy. This year, winners spanned various ...

  • Pinsent Masons
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    Pinsent Masons and Fujitsu recognised among 2019's most LGBT inclusive employers

    2019-01-22T10:40:15Z

    Law firm Pinsent Masons (pictured), computer equipment organisation Fujitsu, The British Army, telecommunications business Sky UK and the University of South Wales are among the organisations recognised on 2019's Top 100 Employers list, compiled by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) awareness charity Stonewall.The annual list rates UK employers from ...

  • Now hiring
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    Burton-based job hunters offered opportunity to be game master

    2019-01-17T16:04:35Z

    Something for the weekend: Although the routine of a nine-to-five office job may offer real benefits to some employees, others are on the hunt for something more unconventional to fulfill their work-life balance and satisfaction needs. For example, locals in Burton, East Staffordshire, are now able to apply for jobs ...

  • Oliver-Shaw
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    Two-fifths predict employee engagement will be greatest challenge in 2019

    2019-01-14T09:31:08Z

    Two-fifths (40%) of employer respondents believe that engagement will be one of the most challenging agenda items in 2019, according to research by human resources software organisation Cascade HR.The 2019 landscape: what's in store? polled 423 UK-based HR professionals, and also found that 36% of respondents are concerned about staff ...

  • workplace happiness
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    UK takes 10th place in global rankings for workplace happiness

    2019-01-10T11:27:42Z

    The UK ranks 10th in the world for workplace happiness, according to a study by employee engagement organisation Engaging Works.More than 10,000 employees have been surveyed globally by Engaging Works since its launch in October 2017. Using the data compiled, the organisation has calculated an average happiness score for each ...

  • workplace expectations
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    EXCLUSIVE: 97% of employers report rapid change in staff workplace expectations

    2019-01-09T10:20:39Z

    EXCLUSIVE: The vast majority of employers (97%) agree that the workplace expectations of staff are changing rapidly, according to a study conducted by professional services provider Aon.The organisation's Benefits and trends survey, which polled more than 200 employers of various sizes, found that flexible working features heavily in employees' changing ...

  • paul-devoy
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    More than a third remain with their employer if they have good work-life balance

    2019-01-08T10:14:28Z

    More than a third (37%) of employees state that a good work-life balance would cause them to remain with their current employer, according to research by community interest organisation Investors in People.Its 2019 Job exodus report, which surveyed 2,000 UK individuals in December 2018, also found that 34% of respondents ...

  • flexible workers
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    More than a quarter of flexible workers say they are now doing more hours

    2018-12-17T09:57:11Z

    More than a quarter (27%) of flexible workers say they put in more hours than when they were tied to a traditional schedule, according to research on behalf of the Association of Accounting Technicians (ATT).The survey of 1,500 flexible workers, conducted by OnePoll in November 2018, also revealed that a ...

  • Wednesday afternoons off
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    Four-fifths of organisations say Wednesday afternoons off would boost productivity

    2018-12-14T10:27:12Z

    More than half (52%) of employers say a four-day week would not be of benefit to them, but four-fifths (80%) believe giving staff Wednesday afternoons off would boost productivity, according to research commissioned by behaviour change consultancy Kin and Co.Some organisations, including Gloucestershire-based public relations agency Radioactive PR, have extended ...

  • Wren Kitchens
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    Wren Kitchens engagement drive results in rap for brand's latest advert

    2018-12-13T15:17:25Z

    Something for the weekend: Following a competition aimed at boosting employee engagement, Wren Kitchens has used sales assistant Ryan Beecham's winning rap for its latest advert.Stuart O'Neill, creative director of Tribal Worldwide, who was brought in to help create the ad, said: "This is just another example of how Wren ...

  • CA-Technologies
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    Bloomberg and CA Technologies recognised as 2018’s top employers for gender equality

    2018-12-12T10:27:15Z

    IT services business Atos, software, data and media organisation Bloomberg and global technology firm CA Technologies (pictured) are among those recognised on the Top 10 gender inclusive employers 2018 list, compiled by diversity jobs board Vercida.The list forms one of six annual rankings produced by Vercida, designed to recognise excellence ...

  • Grantley-Hall
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    Grantley Hall launches employee engagement platform

    2018-12-07T09:43:04Z

    Luxury five-star hotel Grantley Hall has launched a new employee engagement platform to help it attract and retain both local and global talent.The Grantley Gateway platform, provided by Reward Gateway, was initially introduced to the hotel’s 25 employees in September 2018, followed by an official launch in November 2018. The ...

  • Carnoustie Golf Links
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    Carnoustie Golf Links adopts mobile platform to increase employee engagement

    2018-12-03T11:48:25Z

    Scottish golf resort Carnoustie Golf Links has adopted the use of a mobile platform, in an effort to increase employee engagement among its staff.The platform, provided by StaffConnect and launched on 4 October 2018, is available to the resort's 95 employees, the majority of whom are non-desk staff, including those ...

  • University of Reading sustainability programme
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    University of Reading launches sustainability programme for 4,000 employees

    2018-11-30T10:35:14Z

    The University of Reading has launched a gamified sustainability programme to all of its 4,000 UK employees, including academic and support staff.The Jump programme, provided by engagement specialist Green Rewards, was piloted by four teams, making up 500 employees overall, from May to July 2018.The sustainability initiative encourages participants to ...

  • Google office
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    Google, Microsoft and Netflix recognised as 2018’s most reputable employers

    2018-11-29T10:51:27Z

    Technology organisations Google and Microsoft, media services provider Netflix and The Walt Disney Company are among the organisations that have been recognised in the Employer of Choice RepTrak study, compiled by reputation measurement and management business Reputation Institute.The inaugural rankings, which analyse organisations’ ‘willingness to work for’ scores, is based ...

  • employee-engagement
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    Employee engagement tops poll of challenges for HR professionals in 2019

    2018-11-27T12:00:56Z

    Employee engagement is the biggest challenge for HR professionals in 2019, according to a study by software provider Cascade HR.Two-fifths (40%) of respondents to the survey of 423 UK HR directors, managers and executives pinpointed engagement as the major issue for next year, with recruitment and retention a close second ...

  • 2Excel Aviation
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    2Excel Aviation launches employee ownership trust

    2018-11-21T11:38:37Z

    Aviation organisation 2Excel Aviation has launched an employee ownership trust to boost reward and retention among its 160 employees, who operate across eight business units, including T2 Aviation, 2Excel Engineering, Scimitar, Sabre, Broadsword, Leading Edge, GeoSpacial and The Blades.The UK-based organisation, which is the first aviation firm in the country ...

  • Kevin-Chapman
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    Half would take a pay cut rather than work solely in the office

    2018-11-19T11:31:02Z

    Around half (52%) of respondents would prefer to take a pay cut than be restricted to working only in an office environment, according to research by digital security organisation Avast.Its 2018 Mobile workforce report, which surveyed 1,850 employees who work for small businesses in the UK and US and who ...