All Supplier article articles – Page 90
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Supplier articleFlex Appeal: What is it, and how does it affect HR?
As it stands, the average commute to work in the UK is 58 minutes. With a total commute time of 116 minutes a day, plus 8 hours at work (including lunch), we’re spending somewhere around 9 hours, 56 minutes per day away from home. When you consider the huge numbers ...
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Supplier articleDieting vs lifestyle changes
Do you ever feel like you are surrounded by people who are dieting? Or maybe you feel like that one person always on a health kick, with everyone around you enjoying themselves. Either way, diets can often feel antisocial and certainly not fun. Here is a quick read on whether ...
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Supplier articleWorkplace recognition is an employee wellbeing matter
Workplace wellbeing initiatives are in more demand than ever, as more and more organisations realise the responsibility they have over the welfare of their employees. Last year the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reported that 15.4 million working days were lost due to stress. That same year, mental ill-health was ...
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Supplier article7 Top Christmas Gifts for Gym Lovers at Affordable Cost
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! But it’s also a time when many fitness fanatics begin to worry about letting themselves go over the festive period. Well they don’t have to! Here is a list of Christmas gifts for gym lovers to keep them motivated over the winter ...
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Supplier articleTop five do's and don'ts when recognising employees
by Alexandra Powell, Director of Client Services at Reward Gateway How do you show appreciation for your top-performing team members? As a manager, it’s your job to build an environment in which your team is motivated and committed to act in the best interest of the company.You can create this ...
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Supplier articleWhat is strategic recognition?
By Alexandra Powell, Director of Client Services at Reward Gateway When you get good at recognising those who do their job well or go above and beyond their role, employees (and your business) benefit in many ways. Strategic recognition helps create the environment for more engagement because people are getting ...
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Supplier articleHow to successfully choose and implement an employee discounts scheme
John StevensThe benefits of offering an employee discounts scheme are numerous and well-documented, and businesses are increasingly seeing the value of thinking beyond a straightforward, salary-only compensation package. Indeed, employee benefits in general have never had such an important and central role to play.However, regardless of a company’s good intentions, ...
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Supplier articleVSP backs call for regular driver eye tests
VSP Vision Care, the world’s largest not-for-profit vision eyecare services company with almost 90 million members worldwide, is backing a call for all drivers to have their eyes tested every ten years when they renew their driving licences, in a bid to improve road safety.GEM Motoring Assist, the national road ...
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Supplier articleAdapting to a changing workforce: the impact of continuous employee recognition
By Olivia Hyde, Product Manager at Reward Gateway Billions are spent on employee recognition and employee recognition programmes every year. But is our money misplaced? By investing in the right kind of employee recognition, you'll build a better foundation to improving employee engagement.To get ahead of your competition, it's time ...
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Supplier articleHow to choose the right reward and recognition provider
The days of seeing reward and recognition schemes as a ‘nice-to-have’ are over. It’s now clear that formal recognition programmes have a significant role to play in encouraging greater workplace cohesion and productivity.The important question is no longer ‘should I invest in reward and recognition?’ but rather ‘how best do ...
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Supplier articleThe Best Spotify Playlists for Work to Increase Productivity
According to a report by the LSE, sound can have a significant effect on our concentration and calmness, so our productivity in the workplace.So, if you are somebody who likes some background music to keep you going when you’re slogging away, here are some of our favourite Spotify playlists to ...
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Supplier articleTips for employees to avoid getting into debt this Christmas
Christmas is an expensive time of year as the cost of presents, decorations, meals out and entertaining all add up. Individuals intend to spend £567 each at Christmas, with 46% planning to pay for it using credit cards, store cards and overdrafts[1] . The impact of financial worries over issues ...
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Supplier articleHow to deliver impactful employee benefits which help everyday life
By Chloe Deiulis, Head of Content Strategy at Reward GatewayWhile employers are reaching for a range of eye-catching employee benefits which they hope will improve their Employee Value Proposition (EVP), there’s a whole host of benefits which have an actual impact on what’s most important to your employees – their ...
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Supplier articleRecruitment: What do 79% of job seekers use to find their next role?
According to research by Recruitics, 79% of job seekers use social media in their job search. This figure goes up to 86% for younger job seekers in the first 10 years of their career.Before we look into why social media is so popular, it’s worth considering which social media channels ...
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Supplier articleKepp your employees safe and healthy
Portrait of a diverse team of professionals standing in the officeThere are many potential risks your business may face. For example, legal risk, economic risk, reputational risk and people risk. Your employees are your business’s most important asset which is why it is so important to ensure their health, safety ...
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Supplier articleIs your employee recognition programme meaningful enough? Five ways to make yours count
We all like to be recognised, to feel appreciated for our actions and for our behaviours. But is the act of recognising enough?Well, sometimes. But more often than not, it can cause more harm than good. And that’s because if recognition is not done in a meaningful way it’s like ...
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Supplier articleAbsenteeism and financial wellbeing
Those who have money worries are taking, on average, at least one sick day a year to deal with their money worries. Research published in The Employer’s Guide to Financial Wellbeing 2019-20 shows that 36% of UK employees are worried about money. That means that 360 people out of every ...
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Supplier articleWhy budgeting is not a problem for UK employees
People who have low financial wellbeing do know how to budget. Research published in The Employer’s Guide to Financial Wellbeing 2019-20 shows that only 5% of people with low financial wellbeing don’t know how to budget and less than 5% don’t think about budgeting. So if budgeting is not a ...
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Supplier articleEmployee Retention: Top 5 reasons employees leave their jobs
Understanding why people leave their roles is key to improving retention. In this year’s version of their yearly report ‘The Employee Retention Report’, the Work Institute shed light on just why it is employees move on from their current roles.The study contains insights from interviews with over 250,000 employees into ...
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Supplier article5 reasons why reward is so effective
As benefits and incentives go, rewarding employees is one of the best, most effective ways too boost retention and employee satisfaction.According to research by Think Smart, companies using incentive programs report a 79% success rate in achieving their goals when the correct reward is offered.More companies than ever are implementing ...