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ArticleFacebook named top UK employer for pay and benefits
Facebook has been named the top employer in the UK for its pay and employee benefits package, according to Glassdoor’s Top 25 UK companies for compensation and benefits list 2015.Other organisations that feature on this year’s list include Autotrader, Google, Mars, MediaMath and Softcat.The scores are based on responses from ...
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ArticleHear why benefits must suit employers' internal culture
Employee benefits must be adapted to suit an organisation’s internal culture and its workforce in order to boost engagement, according to Dr Neil Lancaster (pictured), people and social responsibility director at Gamestec Leisure. He will discuss this and other cost-effective strategies for boosting staff engagement at Employee Benefits Live 2015 ...
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ArticleLumo Energy engages 92% of employees
Almost all, (92%) of Lumo Energy’s 500 employees feel engaged following its introduction of an employee engagement and recognition programme earlier this year.Its programme, ‘Luminosity- Rewarding Awesomeness’, also received an initial participation rate of 100%.The scheme, provided by Power2Motivate, was designed to actively engage Lump Energy staff with the organisation’s ...
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Article79% offer flexible working as a benefit
More than three-quarters (79%) of organisations offer flexible-working opportunities as an employee benefit, according to research by insurer Unum.Its ‘The Future of Employee Benefits’ report, which surveyed 13 organisations, also found that just over half (53%) of respondents’ benefits packages are influenced by employee requests.The research also found:65% of the ...
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ArticleRadian boosts staff engagement
Housing association Radian has seen its employee engagement levels increase from 58% in 2010 to 84% this year, according to ratings calculated by business performance firm ORC International.Radian achieved the highest employee engagement rating of all the UK housing associations analysed by ORC International. The average housing association rating is ...
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ArticleLateRooms.com launches long-service awards
EXCLUSIVE: LateRooms.com has launched a long-service awards scheme, which will award long-serving staff with either a £150 or £250 voucher for a Red Letter Days experience.Some 17% of LateRooms.com’s employees will receive a voucher as a reward for being with the hotel booking service for five or ten years.The online ...
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Driving engagement and productivity and recognising the importance of communicating benefits
brightcove.createExperiences();The 10 minute video tutorial above covers:How can you make staff engagement a driver of performance?How can employers help to drive engagement?How can we support productivity with a healthy workforce?How can employers help to drive productivity?Can the communication of benefits really ...
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ArticleAmey extends wellbeing strategy
EXCLUSIVE: Public and regulated services provider Amey has introduced new wellbeing initiatives to improve the health and wellbeing of its 21,000 members of staff.The new initiatives, provided by The Tonic and implemented from July, include health and wellbeing days, as well as health assessments, mindfulness training, and injury clinics. The ...
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ArticleLinkedIn redesigns Sydney office to motivate staff
Social networking website LinkedIn has revealed a newly redesigned office at one of its locations in Sydney, Australia, to motivate staff.Changes include a games arcade, cinema, indoor barbeque and smoothie station.The design incorporates an Australian theme, with the walls decorated with kangaroos, and boardrooms given names such as ‘Strewth’ and ...
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ArticleClothes2Order introduces emergency loans for staff
Clothes2Order has introduced emergency loans for its 90 members of staff as part of a new employee benefits package.Cash advances of up to a month’s wages are being offered, and repayments will be made from employees’ salaries over a six-month period.The clothing supplier is implementing the loan scheme to help ...
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ArticleKantar adds holiday trading to flex
EXCLUSIVE: Kantar has added holiday trading, enabling staff to buy and/or sell holiday in 15-minute slots, to its flexible benefits scheme.This follows its move to monthly enrolment windows for its 3,124 UK staff.To date, 87% of employees have logged into its flexible benefits website. Kantar has also had 10,606 logins ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: What makes a destination employer?
Google and Innocent Drinks are two such employers that immediately spring into my mind, but there are, of course, many, many more.But what is it that makes these organisations such desirable employers? How have they earned such a reputation? And what can other employers replicate in order to elevate their ...
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ArticleSAB Miller to invest in staff motivation
SAB Miller is to invest in implementing new initiatives across the organisation to help improve staff motivation. Its Annual report 2015 highlighted that 64% of employees who participated in its engagement poll believe they receive appropriate recognition from the organisation.The beer and soft drinks brewer, which owes the Meantime Brewing ...
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Article35% of Gen Z expect a pension in their first job
Around a third (35%) of Generation Z (16-19 year olds) are expecting a pension as standard in their first job, according to research from employment services firm Adecco, conducted in March 2015.The study, which surveyed 500 16-19 year olds in full-time education and 501 16-24 year olds who have applied ...
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ArticleVisualsoft improves staff wellbeing
EXCLUSIVE: Visualsoft has seen an improvement in the health and wellbeing of its 200 employees in the past 12 months after introducing a number of new initiatives. The web development organisation launched an all new benefits package in 2014 with the aim of boosting wellbeing and motivation, as well as ...
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ArticleLloyds Banking Group launches returners programme
Lloyds Banking Group has launched a nationwide programme to help reintegrate senior men and women back into the workplace.The returners programme, which is aimed at those who have been out of the workplace for two years or more, offers roles with Lloyds at its offices in Halifax, London, Edinburgh and ...
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ArticleJust 6% of jobs offer flexible working
Only 6% of full-time job roles with a salary of more than £20,000 offer workers the option of flexible working, according to research by flexible hiring specialist Timewise.The Timewise flexible jobs index, which analysed 3.5 million UK-based job vacancies, found that 6% of roles in the £20,000-£29,999 wage bracket embrace ...
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ArticleCharles Cotton: Should benefits professionals get to know their staff?
To coin a phrase, ‘it’s good to talk’, and, according to the latest Employee Outlook survey by the the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), published in March 2015, there is a clear link between employer communication and pay satisfaction.Of those employees who reported a pay rise in ...
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ArticleCeridian launches reward and recognition platform
Payroll and HR software provider Ceridian, has launched an employee reward and recognition platform.It has partnerned with provider WorkAngel to offer staff a mobile-first technology platform to offer staff discounts, an inter-company private social network and real-time recognition and reward.The partnership also means the platform will be integrated into Ceridian’s ...
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ArticleEmployee engagement reaches three-year high
Employee engagement is at a three-year high with 39% of staff currently engaged in the workplace, according to a study from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).The engagement figures in its Employee outlook 2015 survey, which had 2,226 employee respondents, showed a significant improvement from 2014 (38%) and ...