http://www.peoplevalue.co.uk/PVblog Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:31:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en According to the Happiness at Work Index by recruitment consultancy Badenoch & Clark, 94% of personnel managers are happy with their current roles, up from 76% from the last quarter. This superficially sunny statement however belies the more revealing findings of the survey which polled 1,086 UK workers. 88% of personnel ... http://www.peoplevalue.co.uk/PVblog/index.php/uncategorized/hr-professionals-are-allegedly-happiest-in-their-work/ A recent survey by management consultancy Hay Group of over one million people found that one in five (20%) of UK employees felt frustrated in their job. In addition, 50% felt they lacked the authority to make decisions integral to their jobs and 35% felt their skills were being utilised to ... http://www.peoplevalue.co.uk/PVblog/index.php/uncategorized/performance-management-a-key-to-employee-frustration/ "Summer Seasonal Affective Disorder" could see a slump in motivation and engagement at work in the summer months. According to a poll by the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) as reported by Mike Berry of PersonnelToday.com, this seasonal variation of the more publicised Seasonal Affective Disorder can have a ... http://www.peoplevalue.co.uk/PVblog/index.php/uncategorized/summer-has-a-sting-in-the-tail-for-employers/ Vodafone's Working Nation report, now in its sixth year revealed the mid-career slump that accompanies the pressures of the family-stage part of your life. Entitled "The Nature of Work", the sixth volume of the report aimed to explore the key meaning of work in 2008. It concluded that of all the ... http://www.peoplevalue.co.uk/PVblog/index.php/uncategorized/early-thirties-employees-suffer-malaise-of-motivation-at-work/ Recent research by AIG UK Benefits found key contrasts between the perceptions of employers and employees over the take up and effectiveness of Voluntary Employee Benefits (VEB). The most striking gaps in perception were; While 86% of employers feel they communicate their VEBs effectively, only 36% of employees feel their employers are ... http://www.peoplevalue.co.uk/PVblog/index.php/research/communication-is-key/ A recent survey has revealed just how influential non-monetary rewards can be over an employer's rates of retention - those who offer non-monetary rewards to employees have higher rates than those who don't. Reported by Nicola Sullivan of Employee Benefits Magazine, the survey by market research organisation GfK NOP polled 1000 ... http://www.peoplevalue.co.uk/PVblog/index.php/research/non-monetary-rewards-directly-linked-to-improved-retention/ According to an exclusive survey by Personnel Today, one of the most influential factors in workplace productivity is whether or not an employee feels appreciated for the work they do. Overall, the survey found that the most productive workplace environments were ones in which "respondents felt appreciated and rewarded". All respondents ... http://www.peoplevalue.co.uk/PVblog/index.php/news/something-as-simple-as-appreciation-can-increase-productivity/ A recent survey has found that UK employees are failing to grasp the amount their employers are spending on their benefits. In most cases, the employees would underestimate the value of their benefits package. As Guy Logan of Personnel Today reported, the survey by consulting firm Aon of 1,300 respondents revealed ... http://www.peoplevalue.co.uk/PVblog/index.php/surveys/benefits-hindered-by-perceived-ambiguity-of-value/ With the dual onslaught of inflation and high interest rates, Peoplevalue’s Advantage voluntary benefits solution has the real potential to maximize a person’s disposable income and combat the crisis of consumer confidence. The most recent findings from market research company Nielsen and the British Retail Consortium revealed that a third of ... http://www.peoplevalue.co.uk/PVblog/index.php/surveys/peoplevalue-combat-the-crisis-of-consumer-confidence/ New research by market researcher TNS has revealed that employees in Greater London take almost twice as many "fake" sick days as the national average. The "Britain at Work" study showed that 33% of London workers admitted to calling in sick to work when they were not in fact physically ill. ... http://www.peoplevalue.co.uk/PVblog/index.php/research/the-small-excuses-of-greater-london/