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ArticlePoll: 46% believe a good work-life balance is their organisation’s top engagement driver
Employee Benefits poll: More than two-fifths (46%) of respondents believe that having a good work-life balance is the top engagement driver at their organisation.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 48 responses, also found that 29% of respondents feel that their organisational culture is the strongest engagement driver for ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid gets an apprentice
I’ve been aware of a new presence in HR. A tall skinny girl has been spending a lot of time by the coffee machine. She’s also been spotted in the ladies, making adjustments to thick black eyebrows and unnaturally long lashes. I didn’t realise she worked here, because, well, I ...
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ArticleCambridge Design Partnership launches employee ownership trust
Technology consultancy organisation Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) has launched an employee ownership trust.The Cambridge-based organisation, which employs 120 scientists across the UK and California, has transferred its equity into an employee ownership trust. This was in part financed by a loan from Barclays, which was completed last week.CDP decided to ...
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ArticlePR organisation Bottle pays to take staff to music festival
Oxford-based public relations organisation Bottle has taken its employees on a four-day, employer-funded trip to a music festival to boost employee engagement and creativity.The organisation paid to take its 24 staff to Wilderness Festival in Oxfordshire between 2 and 5 August 2018. Bottle covered the cost of employees’ festival tickets, ...
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ArticleReward and recognition identified as top engagement driver for MENA employees
Reward and recognition is the strongest engagement driver for employees based in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), according to research by global professional services firm Aon.Its 2018 Trends in Middle East and North Africa employee engagement report, which surveyed 258,662 employees across 211 MENA-based organisations working in 28 ...
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ArticleB Braun Medical holds learning and personal development week
Sheffield-based healthcare organisation B Braun Medical has hosted a learning and personal development week for its 1,400 employees.The Learnfest Week, which was held between 11 and 15 June 2018, was designed to encourage employees towards lifelong learning opportunities, support personal development and drive improvements in productivity.Over the course of the ...
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ArticleBarclays, Herbert Smith Freehills and Vodafone recognised as top global employers for LGBT staff
Barclays, Herbert Smith Freehills (pictured), the Royal Bank of Scotland, Vodafone and Zurich Insurance Group are among the organisations recognised on the Top Global Employers 2018 list, compiled by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality charity Stonewall.The list, now in its seventh year, celebrates organisations that are striving to ...
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ArticleWomen and Equalities Committee says government is failing to enforce age discrimination laws
Discrimination is the root cause of the fact that more than one million individuals in the UK aged 50-plus are not working, despite being willing to do so, according to a report published today (17 July 2018) by The Women and Equalities Committee.The report on older people and employment also ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Reward Gateway acquires US employee engagement specialist Brand Integrity
EXCLUSIVE: Global employee engagement and HR technology provider Reward Gateway announced today (17 July 2018) that it has acquired Brand Integrity, an employee engagement specialist operating from Rochester, New York.Brand Integrity, founded in 2002, is an employee engagement technology and consulting organisation that works with clients across 25 industries, including ...
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ArticleAXA, Croydon Council and DWP recognised for equality and inclusion at ENEI Awards
AXA, Croydon Council (pictured), and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) were just some of the winners commended at the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (ENEI) Awards.The awards, which took place on 10 July 2018 at the Law Society, recognised organisations with a commitment to good practice, above ...
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ArticleRandstad launches employee engagement platform for 1,400 staff
Specialist recruitment organisation Randstad has launched a new employee engagement platform for its 1,400 UK-based staff.The platform, called ‘your hub’, was launched on 28 June 2018 in conjunction with provider Personal Group. It has been designed to help Randstad improve staff retention and recruitment.'Your hub' allows employees to access health ...
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ArticleUltimate Software, Salesforce and Workday named USA’s Best workplaces for millennials 2018
US-based information technology organisations Ultimate Software, Salesforce and Workday are among the employers that have been recognised in the Best workplaces for millennials 2018 list, compiled by Great Place to Work USA.The list results from 398,000 survey respondents working at Great Place to Work-certified organisations in the US. This included ...
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Article32% of UK SMEs have implemented benefits packages above statutory minimum
Just under a third (32%) of UK employer respondents working in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have implemented benefits packages above statutory minimum levels, for example additional days of paid leave, in order to improve productivity, according to research by NatWest.Its Productivity in focus: Germany vs the UK report, which ...
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ArticleLeeds Building Society doubles paid volunteering time for staff
Employees of Leeds Building Society can now take up to 14 hours of paid leave per year to volunteer for good causes, effective immediately, as part of an expansion of the organisation's volunteering programme.Previously, the programme allowed staff seven hours of paid leave per year to spend working in their ...
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ArticleSalesforce UK, Hilton and The Sovini Group named 2018’s UK Best Workplaces
Admiral Group, Hilton, Pets at Home, The Sovini Group and Salesforce UK (pictured) are among the organisations that have been named the UK Best Workplaces 2018 by the Great Place to Work Institute.The Best Workplaces list is based on results from an employee engagement survey and an independent workplace culture ...
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ArticleCivil Service and Deloitte shortlisted for best diversity and inclusion benefits
The Civil Service and professional services organisation Deloitte (pictured) have been shortlisted in the Best benefits to support diversity and inclusion category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2018.This award, which was introduced last year, recognises employers that use benefits effectively to foster a culture of diversity and inclusion.The full category ...
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ArticleKavitha Sivasubramaniam: Maximising the effectiveness of an engagement strategy
As our Engagement Week, in association with Aon Employee Benefits, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.Achieving high levels of employee engagement is the holy grail for many employers. But with so many ...
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ArticleCirkle launches employee ownership trust
Image credit: CirklePR and digital communications consultancy organisation Cirkle has launched an employee ownership trust.The London-based organisation, which has 40 employees, has sold 60% of its shares into an employee ownership trust. Founder and chairman Caroline Kinsey (pictured), who previously owned 100% of the organisation, will retain 40% of the ...
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Article44% believe a 25% pay rise would improve their happiness at work
More than two fifths (44%) of employees believe that receiving a 25% pay rise would have the biggest impact on improving their happiness at work, according to research by One4all Rewards.Its report, The 2018 happiness survey, which surveyed 1,024 UK employees, also found that 21% think that being thanked more ...
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ArticleBrewDog and Goodman Masson shortlisted for most engaging benefits proposition
Multinational brewery and pub organisation BrewDog (pictured) and financial recruiter Goodman Masson are among the organisations shortlisted in the most engaging benefits proposition category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2018.The award, sponsored by Tusker, recognises an employer that has used benefits within its wider strategy to engage employees with the ...