Category: Reward
How are employee expectations around fairness and inclusivity changing and what does this mean for reward and benefits strategies?
Sarah Lardner | 16 October 2025
While progress may appear slow, setting targets and keeping a spotlight on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is driving a change in mindset. President Trump’s stamp-down on DEI initiatives created significant debate, which in itself shows how far things have come, and this side of the Atlantic progress is research-backed.
All Staff Pulling in the Same Direction at the Caravan and Motorhome Club
Justine Woolf | 28 May 2025
HR Technology | Reward Strategy | Reward | Employee Benefits
Without a formal structure or scheme in place, The Caravan and Motorhome Club was being inconsistent in the way it recognised strong performance and positive behaviour. Working with our consultants they came up with not one but two new Recognition schemes which work seamlessly side by side.
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Brightmine & Innecto: How will this exciting new partnership benefit clients?
Justine Woolf | 06 March 2025
HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Pay & Reward | Pay benchmarking | Reward | Partnerships
This week heralds the start of an exciting new partnership in Pay and Reward between Brightmine (formerly XpertHR) and Innecto Reward Consulting.
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Brace Yourselves: Reward Storm Incoming
Cathryn Edmondson | 28 February 2025
Pay & Reward | Pay Structure | Pay benchmarking | Reward | Employee Benefits
In even the most optimistic assessment of the current situation, it is hard to foresee a situation where a substantial portion of workers are not left underwhelmed by their pay offers in 2025.
Addressing burnout and wellbeing through reward
Holly Coe | 18 October 2024
Communications | Recognition | Reward | Hapi
Every company wants to look after their employees while also appealing to their better nature. A competitive salary is important but enduring happiness at work relies on employees feeling valued and respected. It is how we bring the best out of people and it is how we inspire and maintain a willingness to work hard.
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Seven Strategies for rewarding High-Potential Employees
Spencer Hughes | 20 September 2024
Employees with high potential are worth fighting to keep and the best way we can do that is by setting out and communicating a reward framework that is able to measure and reward them with both salary and variable pay. Here are my seven key points.
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2024 Paris Olympics – The value of a medal and the changing landscape of incentive and recognition
Mark Macoun | 13 September 2024
With Paris 2024 behind us, the postmortems will now begin on the world’s grandest sporting fortnight, including Olympic medal hauls, new-found global recognition and, for some, prize money.
How to ensure your reward strategy enables progression and supports careers
Justine Woolf | 30 August 2024
When setting out to design a reward strategy, many companies will start with their core principles which tend to be fairly generic in nature: ‘We will reward people for the work they do and how well they do it’. ‘We will stay competitive in the market’.
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The Value of a Medal - what can we learn from the Olympics?
Genni Fisk | 12 August 2024
Employee engagement | Recognition | Reward
Sunday marked the close of the Paris 2024 Olympics and the shift of everyone’s attention back away from celebrating Team GB’s successes against the medal table. But what people don’t realise is that the Olympics can teach us a lot when it comes to recognising and rewarding employees at work.
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Ways to create a fair approach to reward and benefits for parents and non-parents
Andrew Walker | 27 June 2024
Parents are important, but employees without children must not be neglected when implementing rewards and benefits packages
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Reward Accessibility - What can we do to make it better?
Holly Coe | 17 May 2024
Nowadays employment benefits are no longer seen as a ‘nice to have’ but as an essential part of the total reward package. Sometimes they can even be the deciding factor in recruiting or retaining talent when compared with competitors. Here are some key points worth considering when looking at making our reward offerings as accessible as possible.
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Unlocking Happiness at Work: The Role of Reward and Recognition
Lisanne Winter | 19 March 2024
In today's fast-paced business world, the pursuit of hard targets and productivity can often out-muscle the more intangible, softer benefits to be derived from a happy workplace.
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