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Employers do not monitor wellness strategies' outcomes
Only 9% of employer respondents actively monitor and measure specific outcomes of their workplace wellness strategy against original objectives, according to research by Buck Consultants.Its Working well: a global survey of health promotion and workplace wellness strategies report, found that 74% of respondents do not measure the impact of their ...
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Engagement biggest priority for HR
More than half (62%) of organisations surveyed say employee engagement is their top HR priotity in 2013, according to research by law firm Speechly Bircham and King’s College London.However, the State of HR survey 2013: recovery in sight?, which polled more than 300 HR professionals across 13 industry sectors, also ...
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Debbie Lovewell: Engaged staff can promote benefits value
I was speaking to a family friend recently who described the fantastic range of bene?ts they were offered by their employer. This friend had joined their current employer later in their working life from a completely different industry, where they had been offered little in the way of bene?ts. So ...
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Mitie staff to participate in charity bike ride
Mitie employees are participating in the London Revolution cycle challenge to raise money for its charity partner City Gateway.More than 350 staff are taking part in the event, which will see up to 2,500 cyclists ride 180 miles around London over two days.The charity helps young people in London by ...
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Engineering partnership launches EBT
Marine Engineering Partnership (Mepship) has established an employee benefit trust (EBT) to become a wholly employee-owned organisation.The engineering consultancy was advised by Field Fisher Waterhouse in the establishment of the trust. The project team was led by Graham Nuttall, employee ownership and mutuals partner, and author of the Nuttall Review ...
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Verbal praise motivates employees
EXCLUSIVE: Giving staff verbal praise can have a significant impact on employees motivation, especially in a year when pay rises may be off the agenda, according to research by employee engagement organisation People Insight.Its research, How cash-strapped businesses can motivate staff without the need for a pay rise, was compiled ...
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Younger employees shun payroll giving
The research also found that only 1.9% of under-30s in employment gave through payroll, compared with 4.5% of staff aged between 30 and 49, and 3.9% of those between the ages of 50 and 64.Chantell Mills, senior company relations manager at CAF, said: “The generation gap was pretty big. Older ...
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Zenith boosts CSR strategy
Zenith is boosting its corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy by helping its employees to volunteer in the local community.This includes working with Leeds Ahead, an employee volunteering organisation, to allow staff from the leasing and fleet management firm to attend the Make the Grade event at Cranshaw School in Leeds. ...
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M&S boosts engagement via ideas scheme
EXCLUSIVE: Marks and Spencer (M&S) has seen participation levels in its latest employee suggestion scheme rise after the scheme was extended to 500 staff in its international sourcing offices.Its Big Idea scheme, which is jointly managed by the retailer and its employee representative network, was introduced in 2010 when an ...
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BITC relaunches staff volunteering day
Business in the Community (BITC) has launched its 2013 Give and Gain Day, the UK’s national day of employee volunteering.Give and Gain Day will be held on 17 May 2013.So far, more than 60,000 employees across 31 countries have participated in Give and Gain Day, which was first introduced in ...
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William Grant and Sons raises staff engagement
EXCLUSIVE: William Grant and Sons has increased employee engagement with its reward package over the past two years.The majority (86%) of the distillery’s 1,600 staff participated in its employee engagement survey, provided by Towers Watson.In the reward category, William Grant and Sons’ results have risen six percentage points since 2010. ...
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Staff engagement important in investor choice
Investors should look at an organisation’s employee engagement activity when considering its investment value, according to the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF).Its People and investment value guide encourages pension fund trustees and asset managers to consider the employee value proposition a business uses to engage staff beyond monetary rewards ...
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Edenred launches employee engagement guide
EXCLUSIVE: Edenred has launched a guide to help employers improve employee engagement.It aims to help organisations work with managers to ensure reward and benefits better support employee engagement, improve organisational performance and deliver return on investment.The guide builds on the ideas of Engage for Success, the new movement led by ...
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Diageo and NetApp among best global workplaces
Ten employers with operations in the UK, including Diageo, NetApp and Teléfonica O2, have been listed among the world’s best places to work.The Great Place to Work Institute, a global research, consulting and training firm, publishes the 2012 Top 25 World’s Best Multinational Workplaces List.The 10 UK operations are: NetApp ...
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Employee engagement levels stagnate
Employee engagement levels have stagnated, with less than two-thirds (64%) of the UK workforce feeling engaged, according to research by global management consultancy Hay Group.Its Insight database, which includes information from 1,610 organisations across 46 countries, found that although 70% of respondents feel motivated to go the extra mile for ...
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Employee engagement website launches
The Employee Engagement Task Force has launched its Engage for Success website, which includes case studies, research, tools and tips on how to better engage employees.The website is a free-to-use national resource, which aims to help leaders and managers take practical action to engage their staff.David MacLeod and Nita Clarke, ...
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Pension can be a benefit for all
Employees need to understand the benefit of a pension in order for an employer to see a benefit from investing in a scheme, according to Paul Armitage, head of DC consulting at JLT Benefit Solutions.Speaking on the second day of the National Association of Pension Funds’ annual conference, Armitage said ...
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BITC launches Workwell Benchmark
Business in the Community (BITC) has launched the Workwell Benchmark to measure FTSE 100 organisations’ management of employee wellbeing and engagement in the workplace.The benchmark will be based on a questionnaire, which covers areas such as leadership and management, occupational health and wellbeing promotions, and employee engagement.Paul Litchfield, chair of ...