Real People: Real Rewards

When shopping around for a voluntary benefits provider early on in 2009, Signet were not just looking for an employee discount provider – they wanted someone who could give their HR function an identity

Categories: Communications & Engagement, Employer Profiles

5 ingredients for a successful employee benefits programme

Like any endeavour, there is no single magic formula for guaranteeing successful employee benefits programmes. But the most dynamic are characterised by HR teams focusing on one or two key enablers and pursuing them relentlessly. We highlight here some very vibrant schemes in a diverse cross-section of clients

Categories: Communications & Engagement, Employee Discounts

What does good M.I. look like?

Realtime, online, detailed management information (MI) or take-up and use of your employee benefits – surely an essential tool for measuring the impact and value of a programme.

Good news for employees then but maybe one of the reasons providers have been slow to offer a robust and significant level of detail to their HR

Categories: Communications & Engagement

Small fish rule the pond: why SMEs have never had benefits so good

Anyone who’s ever worked or run a small to medium sized enterprise (SME) will know that we sometimes get forgotten or pushed aside in the wider business or financial arena. I am what you might call an SME crusader. Strategies around staff retention often fall to the bottom of the pile as they can be seen as less critical and not a direct link to profit. Yet, your staff are the single most important asset you have.

Categories: Uncategorized

Psst…we’ve got a secret!

The consumer-facing private sale is used as a platform for brands to quickly sell old stock, without harming their brand’s image or competing with other distribution channels. But are they really private, and do they really offer the best prices on big name brands

Categories: Employee Discounts

Is the elephant in the room green or white?

Without doubt green issues have played second fiddle to the economic downturn. None of us think this downturn is going to last forever. We pretty much all hope it will disappear as quickly as it seemed to arrive. Well, the same cannot be said for the issues we are faced with today concerning the environment and our impact on it. We can all take simple, practical steps that will make a world of difference, for a better world. And this can start with The Employer

Categories: Communications & Engagement, Green & Ethical

Costs in context

When you’re running a business, you know that keeping costs down always needs to be considered carefully when thinking of introducing new benefits for your employees.

The question is, how do you achieve a balance between providing something that’s worthwhile, and not breaking the bank?

When you’re taking that leap of faith to implement something

Categories: Employee Discounts

Utilising social media in benefits communication

It’s taken a while to get here, but HR and reward and benefits professionals seem to have finally grasped the importance of communicating their benefits programmes effectively to employees. But, just as some are getting to grips with distributing posters, running competitions, and sending information direct or by e-mail to employees, the world of benefits communications has stepped up a gear once again to incorporate social media

Categories: Communications & Engagement, Employee Discounts, Employer Profiles

Myth-busting methods for childcare voucher engagement

Many parents are missing out on huge annual savings of up to £933, either because they perceive signing up and the salary sacrifice aspect to be too much hassle, or they believe other myths about who the scheme applies to, and what the vouchers are used for.

Categories: Communications & Engagement, Salary Sacrifice

Case study: The Children’s Society

The Children’s Society, like most charities was facing a challenging period. The global economic crisis was having a knock on effect on the charity sector and The Children’s Society faced cutbacks and cost pressures. In this climate how could it continue to recognise and reward its employees

Categories: Employee Discounts, Employer Profiles
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