The Baker’s Dozen: Employee Recognition

The remarkable thing about employee recognition outsourcing is that with so many innovative programs in the marketplace, there is a cornucopia of offerings to select from. That’s great news for employers and employees, too, because a motivated and rewarded workforce leads to world-class performance. It’s one area in which HR has demonstrated that it can make an impact on business outcomes.

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Employee Benefit News

Streamlining costs and administration With rewards and recognition programs, employers tend to migrate from offline solutions to online administration for several key reasons, explains Steve Timmerman, vice president of business development at Perks.com, a California-based incentive management firm.

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Perks.com and Media Defined Deliver a Powerful Joint Learning Solution Now Available on the Force.com AppExchange from Salesforce.com.

Perks.com and Media Defined today announced the availability of their respective solutions as an integrated application on the Force.com AppExchange. NetExam, a leading learning management system for channel certification and training, is now integrated with PerksPlus, a points-based rewards system. Companies with channel partner programs can dramatically enhance product training effectiveness with the offer of personal reward incentives for successful completion of training course material.

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Play It Safe: Incentivize for Safety

The Utah mine tragedy this past August was a dramatic reminder of the importance of workplace safety. A Senate investigation, a month-long search in which three rescuers were killed and the obligatory media coverage have businesses even more concerned with workplace safety—this in an environment that’s already hurting from workers’ compensation costs and lost productivity.

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Perks.com Introduces Gifting in Salesforce.com’s Force.com AppExchange, Featuring Amazon.com Gift Cards

Perks.com, an authorized Amazon.com gift card reseller and the developer of on-demand sales incentive and employee recognition solutions, today announced the introduction of PerksXpress, a real-time electronic gift card distribution application, featuring Amazon.com Gift Cards, available for customers of salesforce.com’s CRM application.

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Top of Mind Safety Awareness Characteristics of Successful Safety Incentive Programs

Improving safety depends on increasing individual awareness. Increasing safety awareness can reduce the frequency and costs associated with accidents, lost time, workers compensation, insurance and claims.

A safety incntive program is a good example of corporate action that can produce a significant return on investment and transition a good safety culture into a great safety culture, one characterized by well-defined safety initiatives, infused with management support, and employee participation.

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