Tuesday, 26th July 2011 | By Ray Martin
Asda gives bonus and extra holiday to long-serving staff. Recognition vital for retention and culture, says people director
Asda has paid an additional bonus and given extra holiday to its most long-serving staff as part of a celebration of employee loyalty at the supermarket. The retailer gave 700 of its longest serving employees – all of whom have more than 25 years’ service – an extra week’s annual leave and a tax-free £300 gift at its ‘Big Anniversary’ event last week.
The event was part of Asda’s focus on the recognition and development of staff, which is key to its achievement of “market-leading” retention rates, Asda’s people policy director Sarah Dickins told PM. “I cannot say how important recognition is in driving the culture that we have in the business,” said Dickins. “We have lots of recognition and reward schemes to say thank you for everything that our colleagues do, and that is an integral part.”
Asda employs 10,000 staff who have worked for the company for over 20 years, and more than 3,000 whose length of service exceeds a quarter of a century.
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Thursday, 14th July 2011 | By Ray Martin
Employers given guidance on Facebook misconduct
Social networking guidance is being issued to nurses and midwives by their regulatory body following an increase in misconduct cases relating to online activities and ethical code breaches.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) said it was publishing practical advice on responsible use of the internet – specifically Facebook – as there is “clearly confusion about privacy issues and the use of social networking sites.”
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Sunday, 3rd July 2011 | By Ray Martin
Workers’ lives are being put at risk because many recruitment agencies rely upon a fictional fork lift truck licence to verify skills, a major industry body has warned.
The safety alert was issued by The Fork Lift Truck Association, which works to improve standards and safety on behalf of the UK’s fork lift truck dealers and suppliers.
A random sample of job advertisements issued by agencies looking for fork lift truck operators found no less than 85% wrongly stipulated a fork lift truck licence” or similar as a requirement despite there being no such document in the UK, and no central licensing authority.
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