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

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

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

Is our instant gratification culture bad for employee engagement?

“The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting” — Andy Warhol

Was Andy Warhol right? Sometimes the idea of waiting for something definitely does make it more exciting. The convenience of digital photos is stunning but doesn’t have the thrill of the Truprint envelope – remember those? But how does the desire for instant gratification affect employee benefits? Who’s to know how much of our looming pensions crisis is directly attributable to a ‘spend today’culture, borne in part out of students so used to being in debt that a bit more makes no difference and provisioning for the future just a remote possibility?

Categories: Communications & Engagement, Employee Discounts

Feeling the benefit at Kent County Council

An important factor in Kent County Council’s benefits strategy has been to take a broad approach by including all non-financial and financial elements within the wider employment offering

Categories: Communications & Engagement, Employee Discounts, Employer Profiles

Evolution at a glance: Incarnations of an employee benefits site

You don’t get to be market leader by standing still. Over the last 4 years, Asperity has re-invented its Reward Gateway employee benefits platform no less than 6 times – making it clear that an employee benefits site with genuine discounts and savings for the employee was in demand. With three total re-builds from the ground up, customers are buying a highly refined product and one that includes a great deal of knowledge and experience. With Reward Gateway 4, announced last month, Asperity has done it again

Categories: Communications & Engagement, Employee Discounts

The pursuit of workplace happiness

Unusually prescriptive, this article defines 3 things you need to do to get an engaged workforce. It doesn’t come with a money-back guarantee and counter-arguments or other suggestions are very welcome

Categories: Communications & Engagement
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