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OpinionLovewell's logic: Can you put a price on mental health support?
As we move past Blue Monday (20 January) and on towards Time to Talk Day on 6 February, the issue of mental health remains firmly at the top of the agenda for many. Of course, this issue is not confined to the winter months, but the role of such events ...
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ArticleStonegate Pub Company enhances parental pay and benefits
Stonegate Pub Company has enhanced its maternity, paternity and adoption package for its 14,500 employees. All salaried employees are now entitled to enhanced maternity and adoption pay, comprising 12 week's full pay followed by 27 weeks of statutory pay. The organisation has also enhanced its paternity provision to two weeks ...
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ArticleHarrods, Pure Planet and Adecco Group awarded for employee engagement
Harrods, renewable energy firm Pure Planet and recruitment organisation The Adecco Group are among the organisations recognised at the 2019 UK and European Employee Engagement Awards. The annual event, which was held at the Troxy, London on 23 January 2020, is designed to recognise organisations that put employee engagement at ...
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ArticleUnum increases adoption assistance to $25,000
Employee benefits provider Unum has increased the assistance it offers to its 9,400 US employees when adopting a child.From this month, the organisation will provide a one-off payment of £25,000 (£19,103) to help cover the cost of adoption for employees. The average cost of adoption from foster care in the ...
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Supplier articleReward and Recognition- five ways to improve your scheme
Business leaders need to inspire their employees not only with a clear vision but with Reward and Recognition. The following article looks at five easy steps to improve your R&R scheme in 2020.Firstly, it’s important to look back at the reasons for implementing the scheme in the first place and ...
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Supplier articleA look inside the evolution to modern employee rewards
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 issue with pay means employers have had to find ...
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ArticleGovernment will continue state pension for UK nationals living in EU after Brexit
In a document published on 24 January 2020, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) confirmed that UK citizens working in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland will continue to have access to benefits and pensions despite the UK leaving the EU. The DWP promised that there will be ...
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ArticleParts of Asda's job descriptions ruled inaccurate for purposes of equal pay dispute
In the week commencing 13 January 2020, Manchester Employment Tribunal ruled that supermarket retailer Asda's job descriptions for predominantly female shop floor employees 'did not go far enough as to acquiring and using knowledge' for the purposes of comparison in its ongoing equal pay dispute.Under the Equality Act 2010, even ...
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ArticleAverage pay dropped by 7.8% year-on-year in the final quarter of 2019
Average wages dropped by 7.8% year-on-year in the final few months of 2019; this is the first time average pay has dropped since quarter one of 2018, according to CV-Library. The quarterly report looked at job market data from throughout the fourth quarter of 2019 and compared it with the ...
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Love2shop
Love2shop Business Services, part of Appreciate Group plc, believe people are every business’ most important asset. Which is why we make it our mission to help our clients attract, engage and retain quality employees and customers.We do that by embracing the power of joy. The joy of earning a thrilling ...
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Analysis
Infographic: Motivation in practice
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AnalysisCash or cupcakes: Is money the best motivator?
Need to know:Research often shows financial rewards are top of the list, but younger employees increasingly look for something more meaningful and experiential.Financial drivers can be highly effective if they are proportional, fair and well communicated.Perks can more easily be related back to specific behaviours and employer values, whereas cash ...
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Case StudiesKCJ sees culture and reward as key to creating close-knit workforce
When Don Bryden, founder and managing director of Stratton-based KCJ Training and Employment Solutions, introduced additional annual leave for non-smoking employees earlier this month, he hit national headlines.Beneath a widely-publicised debate about the policy, which Bryden introduced with the hope of helping non-smoking staff among his 11-person workforce match the ...
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Supplier articleSeven ways moments of employee recognition can fuel your employer brand
Sharing 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 understand how the work that they do makes a difference for their ...
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Supplier articleWhy reward and recognition better engage employees than monetary bonuses
There is always debate as to which methods are most effective in improving employee engagement. From the point of view of some employees and employers, the promise of monetary bonuses for stellar performance and achievement seems like the biggest factor that would drive engagement. However, the truth is that most ...
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Article81% want more transparency over pension investments
More than 80% of consumers want transparency about what companies their pensions are invested in, according to research by PensionBee. The online pension provider's study of more than 2,000 customers of its largest fund found a consensus among how much UK workers want to know where their money is being ...
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ArticleMore than half of employees do not feel recognised at work
More than half (56%) of respondents working for small and medium-sized (SME) organisations do not feel like they are being recognised in full for their merits, according to research by Capterra. However, the research, which surveyed 315 employees, also found that more than three-quarters (78%) said they would work harder ...
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ArticleMcDonald's launches app to enhance education benefits for US staff
McDonald’s has launched a career exploration app to help US employees in 36,000 restaurants maximise the learning and education benefits available to themThe app, Archway to Careers, builds upon the organisation's existing Archways to Opportunity programme, which offers McDonald's staff the opportunity to learn English language skills, earn a high ...
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OpinionDavid Gallagher and Eleanor Duhs: Brexit and pensions
Last December's election seemingly showed a clear mandate to 'get Brexit done'. As the date draws near, those who have responsibility over pensions within their organisations will need to be aware that Brexit will have a number of effects.Product regulation for sales in the UK/EUIf an organisation has a traditional ...
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Supplier articleSocial recognition goes places top-down recognition can’t follow
Social recognition, or peer-to-peer recognition, brings more to your business than a traditional top-down approach to recognition. In this blog, we’ll outline what social recognition is, and why it has an edge over recognition that focuses on management-led recognition.Defining social recognitionSocial recognition does have some things in common with traditional ...