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Welcome to Life@Work |
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The first issue of Life@Work had a great response so thank you to all of those readers who sent in their feedback. Our In Focus article on carers certainly struck a chord with many of you. Ninety-five per cent of you said you would offer care vouchers to your employees if they were tax exempt.
We will make sure we keep you up-to-date with the debate about care vouchers in future issues. In the meantime, you or a member of your organisation can find out here how you can get involved in Carers Week, which takes place from 11-17 June.
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We hope you find the articles in this month's issue interesting and useful, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts, ideas and experiences. If a colleague would also like to receive Life@Work they can subscribe by emailing me at editor@accorservices.co.uk
Fay Bliss / Editor
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Join the childcare celebrations
Employers are being invited to join a celebration of the benefits of childcare during National Childcare Week, 11-15 June.
The theme of this year's week, which is organised by the Daycare Trust, is 'Childcare Benefits for Life'.
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Manage motivation – your 8-point plan
A growing number of companies are using reward and recognition schemes to encourage employees to raise their performance and go that extra mile. Graham Povey, MD of Capital Incentives, shares his eight-point plan for ensuring motivation programmes hit the right note.
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Make sure your drivers are safe
Are your company drivers putting themselves and others at risk by driving with poor eyesight? We look at how responsible employers can alert staff to the dangers and encourage them to have their eye-sight tested regularly.
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Encourage a healthy workforce
The workplace is increasingly being seen as a setting where vital information about health and well-being can be communicated to employees.
So what steps can employers take to get healthy lifestyle messages across to their people, without coming over all ‘big brother'?
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DHL rewards long service with Capital Bonds Vouchers
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Work Wise Week starts on May 16 and aims to make the way we work in Britain smarter and
more effective. Among other things it will examine the way flexible working in all its forms –
from mobile to variable working hours – can improve productivity, change the way we travel
and help the environment. More information is available at www.workwiseuk.org.
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37% of staff live for pay day and struggle to survive on their salary according to a recent
survey by recruitment site CareerBuilder.co.uk. Tax efficient benefit schemes such as
Childcare Vouchers are a practical way to support employees and help them budget for their
childcare costs.
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Apparently (((L+As) /2) 2 + ((E+N) /2) + 2A + C + B) x (4/ (S+1)) is the formula for a perfectly
balanced life, according to Neuropsychologist Dr David Lewis, and is based on factors
including time spent at work or commuting and with the family, exercising or asleep. (The
Independent, April 29th)
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The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) has launched a toolkit for employers containing
practical advice and real life business solutions to help employers with the management of
pregnant women and new parents. You can see the toolkit online at:
www.eoc.org.uk/pregnancytoolkit.
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A free employers information pack on the new rights for carers is now available from www.carersuk.org or 0845 241 0963. |
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53 per cent of the companies listed in this year's Sunday Times Best 100 Companies to Work
For benefit from using Accor Services. Organisations in the top 10 include Beaverbrooks the
Jewellers, Denplan, Napp Pharmaceutical and Heat.
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Safety & Health Expo
If you're looking for all the best innovations the health and safety market has to offer then visit
Europe's leading annual Health & Safety event on 22 - 24 May 2007 at the NEC Birmingham.
Come and see us at stand R41 to find out how looking after your employees' eyes couldn't be simpler. |
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Registered office: Accor Services, 50 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2RS The following trade under Accor Services & are registered in England
Childcare Vouchers: 2420196 Luncheon Vouchers: 540144 Cleanway: 1336372 VAT number: 649503520
©2007 Accor Services. The entire content of this newsletter publication is protected by copyright. Full details are available from Accor Services. All rights reserved. No part of this newsletter publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise – without the prior permission, in writing, of the copyright owner. Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this publication, the publisher cannot accept any liability for inaccuracies.
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