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Do your Staff Value their Benefits?
Getting employees to understand the true value of their benefits package is an ongoing challenge for reward professionals. Research suggests that only 33 per cent of staff understand what the benefits they are receiving equate to in real terms – and of these, 67 per cent under-value their
Helping Line Managers Play a Key Role in Reward
Reward professionals will no doubt have the CIPD’s annual Reward Risks Survey at the top of their reading pile this week. The findings are not revolutionary – the top risks identified are the same as in previous years – but there has been an interesting shift in priorities over the past 12
Support your Staff with Employee Savings
Another week, another raft of research surveys painting a gloomy picture for UK employees. Data from HR consultancy Mercer suggests that workers have yet another year of below-inflation pay rises to look forward to in 2012. Its quarterly Pulse survey shows that UK companies are budgeting for an
Exploiting the Benefits of Non-Cash Rewards
At a time when employees are clearly struggling to make ends meet, it would be easy to think that cash incentives are the best way to motivate employees. Recent research, however, suggests that non-cash rewards – such as retail or travel vouchers – are actually more appreciated by staff.
Personalising Benefits Communication
Technology is now an integral part of the way we lead our day-to-day lives. Thanks to advances in mobile computing, social media and smart phones we are able to work anytime from anywhere while managing our personal and social lives at the click of a mouse.
Top Tips: Peer-to-Peer Reward & Recognition
This week we have started looking at different types of reward and recognition programmes. We’ve already looked at how to use online tools to show manager and board level appreciation, but let’s not forget peer-to-peer recognition. Whilst managerial recognition and financial rewards are
10 benefits of online reward programmes
Online networking is on the rise, but many businesses are missing the opportunities Web 3.0 presents for staff reward and recognition. As your staff (and likely yourself) increasingly use online communications channels as a daily routine, you have to consider if providing reward programmes online
Common misconceptions of eyecare schemes
Today marks the end of the second annual Eye Health Week, hosted by Vision Matters. Over the week we’ve looked at various aspects of employee eyecare and to finish, I would like to cover some of the common myths around voucher schemes.
Launching and Communicating an Eyecare Voucher Scheme
As EyeHealth week draws to a close, we look at how to effectively launch and communicate an eyecare voucher scheme to staff. Having gone through the motions to ensure an eyecare voucher scheme is right for your business, getting buy in from the board and investing in this new employee benefit,
Keeping your eyes healthy
According to RNIB every day another 100 people will start to lose their sight and there are already around 2 million people in the UK with sight problems. It's vitally important, not only to recognise the most prevalent sight problems for people, but also what can be done to prevent or treat them.

20th December
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