Employee motivation: Bosses worry that employees don’t understand their benefits.

Date: 07/09/2011

An online survey conducted on decision-makers in the human resources and employee benefits field found that 56 per cent were worried staff didn’t appreciate or understand the benefits on offer.

The HR Reward Survey 2011 interviewed 516 people and discovered that though a lot of thought and energy goes into designing and applying staff benefits, less time goes into communicating these benefits to the employees.

Without an understanding of benefits, staff feel less engaged and less motivated to work towards them and don’t comprehend what is on offer.

The Recruitment Society has suggested companies become ‘more creative’ in their benefit strategies during the current economic downturn, but this needs to be conveyed to staff in turn.

Nigel Sullivan, HR director at TalkTalk, said: “Communication to people about what they have really got in terms of breadth and depth of benefits and the actual package value beyond the straight cash element is probably the most important.”
 

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