All Supplier article articles – Page 93
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Supplier articleNot all recognition is created equally: How to create a formula that works
by Alex Powell, Director of Client Services at Reward GatewayThese days, companies of all shapes and sizes are embracing employee recognition as a tool to drive engagement, improve morale and combat demotivators in the workplace.A lack of manager-led recognition is often a top reason employee recognition is inconsistent in the ...
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Supplier articleHow raising money for charity helped our employee wellbeing
At Caboodle, we’ve been fundraising for Birmingham-based charity Cure Leukaemia for almost 2 years now. They’re a wonderful charity who help fund specialist Leukaemia nurses up and down the country while fast-tracking pioneering new treatment. Since we started fundraising at the beginning of 2018, we’ve raised over £15,000 for Cure ...
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Supplier article5 ways to make your commute to work less stressful
The average UK commuting time is 54 minutes, while the average for London is 74 minutes. Whether you commute through a busy city or through more rural areas, the work commute will almost always find a way to stress you out. The last thing anyone needs on a cold, rainy, ...
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Supplier articlePhysical wellbeing: Reframing health and building your initiatives
Lorelei BowmanIn part one of our series on physical wellbeing, we discussed the importance of inclusion within wellbeing schemes and the intersection of mental and physical wellbeing. In recent years, it’s become clear that pushing weight loss disguised as ‘wellbeing’ can really do some damage. Let’s recap:On average, girls begin ...
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Supplier articlePhysical wellbeing: Navigating mental wellbeing and inclusion
Lorelei BowmanWe often discuss how employee wellbeing is, broadly speaking, divided into three main pillars: mental, physical, financial (and social, which is becoming more prominent). While this is useful for employers, it can also be helpful to consider employee wellbeing as a multi-axis graph – all employees will be affected ...
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Supplier articleWork-life balance and mental health
With this week being National Work Life Week and today being World Mental Health Day, what better time to talk about the positive effects of a healthy work-life balance on emotional wellbeing?The pressure of a demanding work culture in the UK, alongside that of keeping up with your personal life, ...
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Supplier article14 ways eCards help build an amazing culture of recognition
by Megan Gough, Head of Client Success at Reward GatewayeCards are an easy way to build a culture of continuous recognition for your employees. By customising them to fit your culture and brand, you can use eCards to say a simple "thank you," recognise specific achievements like hitting a quarterly ...
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Supplier articleFinancial wellbeing & pre-emptive education
Gethin Nadin, Director of Employee WellbeingA 2019 report by StepChange called ‘Life Happens’ found that a significant life change, (like separation from a partner, falling ill or becoming a carer) most heavily affects those at highest risk of debt. Typically, we’re talking about parents, renters and low-earners. Almost half (45%) ...
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Supplier articleWhy is financial wellbeing so important?
Money matters affect us all at some point during our lifetime. They can become all-encompassing and change the way we live our lives at home and at work.What factors impact financial wellbeing?Have you ever considered how money concerns affect your employees and their productivity in your workplace?Employers are in a ...
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Supplier article4 Stress-Busting Forms of Exercise
Exercise is a form of physical stress on our bodies, but can physical stress actually relieve mental stress?‘Rest and relaxation’ is a common expression used by many, especially at the end of a busy working day. Although rest really can be relaxing, the phrase often leads people to overlook the ...
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Supplier articleFive common group critical illness cover myths
Research shows that 63% of SME bosses worry their staff may face a benefits protection gap in comparison with workers at larger firms. Yet only 18% of SMEs offer group critical illness cover – making it the least popular group protection cover.1 But why?We debunk five of the top myths ...
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Supplier articleSeven ways moments of employee recognition can fuel your employer brand
by Catrin Lewis, Head of Global Engagement and Internal Communications at Reward GatewaySharing moments of recognition internally is powerful — the right kind of employee recognition reinforces what great work looks like to drive business value, helps spread best practice with examples of how to recognise others and help employees ...
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Supplier articleThe rise of social wellbeing – and how employers can support it
Widespread digitalisation, the rise of the gig economy and increasingly flexible working patterns all have their benefits. However, they are contributing to increasing social isolation within the workforce.Many employees face anxiety over their social connectedness, which can often translate into concern regarding relationships with colleagues and loved ones. Our latest ...
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Supplier articleSupport work life balance with flexible working for your employees
This week, 7-11 October 2019, celebrates National Work Life Week. Your ability to maintain a work life balance can be affected by many factors relating to your workplace and working conditions including:The flexibility and quantity of hours that you work;Sick and holiday leave provisions;Availability of support structures within the workplace ...
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Supplier articleA look inside the evolution to modern employee rewards
by James Wigley, Employee Engagement Consultant at Reward Gateway The way we reward employees has evolved significantly in the last decade. Despite a rise in pay across the UK, the average worker in Britain still earns less than they did a decade ago after inflation, according to a recent study.The ...
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Supplier articleWhy current reward and recognition schemes are still falling short
Lorelei BowmanWith 94% of executives increasing their focus on digital growth, it’s clear that employers are now recognising the frustration among employees in disjointed or outdated technology. One of the most common culprits is giving and receiving recognition or reward at work. Here, we’ll break down each of the most ...
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Supplier articleFlexible Benefits: How do people react to choice?
Choice is usually a good thing, right? The key to flexible benefits is of course the flexibility, where employees are given more options and choice. The idea being that employees can get the most out of the benefits on offer to them and the power is in their hands. Perfect! ...
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Supplier articleDoes flexible working improve mental wellbeing?
Flexible working is without doubt gaining popularity and is becoming more commonplace in businesses across the world. A poll carried out by YouGov in 2018 found that only 6% of employees are working the traditional hours of 9 to 5 and only 14% of employees would opt to work those ...
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The relationship between company culture and employee well-being
By Sam WoolfeThere is an intimate connection between company culture and the mental health of employees. This is a relationship that businesses need to become increasingly aware of. Company culture can affect the well-being of employees in all sorts of ways. For example, the kind of interaction that employees expect ...
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Supplier articleThe evidence-based approach to designing your benefits scheme
Sophie GaneHR has a more prevalent presence in the board room than ever before. It holds in its hand what is arguably any business’ most important information – its people data. And yet, so many organisations are under-utilising this valuable insight. When it comes to designing an employee benefits scheme ...