Employee Engagement

The summer holidays can be challenging for working parents, juggling childcare, activities and time off. With so much happening, keeping employee engagement high can be challenging. What of the non-parents in your workplace? Almost half of UK employees admit to being less productive during the summer months. Read on to discover why we’re less focused during summer and why balance is beneficial to keeping employee engagement high during summer.

The UK is facing a labour and tech skills gap, impacting various sectors. Accommodation and food services, Human health and social work, and Manufacturing are most notably affected by labour shortages. In the UK cyber security skills sector, UK businesses have been struggling to recruit the skills they need – a trend that’s been consistent since 2022. When the right skills are hard to come by, retaining those you have is business critical. Read on to discover your employee retention checklist.

What are the absenteeism rates in your business like? Are you concerned? There are several causes of high absenteeism rates, and thankfully, there is much you can do to reduce them. During this blog, we'll explore the steps to take to measure employee absenteeism in your business, identify the potential causes, and give you nine actionable tips to reduce absenteeism.

The Rewards and Benefits Association recently published a report that found that 64% of employers consider the cost of recruiting fresh skills to be a considerable financial risk over the next two years. Our research - hot off the press - of 1002 full-time UK employees found that nearly half are likely to actively search for a new job opportunity in 2024. Read on to discover which age range plan to spread their wings, and the steps you can take to reduce employee turnover and retain your talent.

The power of encouragement – we shouldn’t underestimate it. It helps people achieve personal and professional goals. This blog will explore the big difference small acts of encouragement can make in the workplace, empowering your employees to thrive.

In our second blog dedicated to supporting parents in the workplace, we cover some statutory regulations supporting working parents. Detailing the costs parents face, we explore how they can use their employee benefits to save on the items they can’t do without.

An unengaged employee may never have felt loyalty to a business, doing their job and nothing more. A disengaged employee was once engaged with and passionate about their role and employer. Read on to learn how to re-engage your disengaged employees to boost motivation, loyalty, and retention.

Attracting the right people to bring the best out of your workforce requires time and effort. You need someone great for the business and who will also manage with empathy, encouraging their teams to thrive. This article will give you seven effective tips for attracting the best managers, broken down into two sections. The first will focus on the initial talent attraction stage, and the second will focus on ensuring you’re offering the role to the right person.

Are you researching what employee benefits to offer to your workforce? One tip from us... go streamlined! Read on to discover how to embed a streamlined solution that gives your people more of what matters and opens up a world of opportunities for your business.

What does community spirit have to do with the employee experience? Quite a lot.
By 2025, Millennials will make up 75% of the global workforce, and they’re looking for socially responsible employers. Read on to discover how to achieve this.

Retention is the new acquisition! Retaining employees is more cost-effective than recruiting and training fresh talent. During this blog, we'll discuss exactly why you want to keep your people and how to create an employee experience they won't want to walk away from. Read on to discover our seven easy-to-implement employee retention tips to help retain top talent.

As a HR professional, employee wellbeing will be high on your agenda. However, with so many conversations taking place, it can be tricky to know how and where to start. We've broken it down into steps to help you create the complete employee wellbeing offering.

No employee is the same, but there are generational patterns of behaviours that you can use to identify and understand the different generations in your business. This understanding is essential for making life at work more joyful for all.

Friday, the 21st of April, is World Innovation and Creativity Day. Organised by the UN, “the concept is open to interpretation from artistic expression to problem-solving in the context of economic, social and sustainable development.”
During this blog, we'll explore the importance of creativity in the workplace and how to nurture an innovative and thriving culture.

To create an employee-retaining employee experience, you need first to identify what your employee experience is like today. Treat this blog like a handy guide, taking you through the steps to measure where you are and to map out how to get to where you want to be.