Nominations open for new awards to recognise top UK employees
New awards have been launched to recognise exceptional contributions in the workplace, including those by travel and leisure employees.
The One4all Rewards Spotlight Awards seeks to reward the UK’s best employees in 20 categories, including Tourism and Leisure Employee of the Year.
The awards are being launched after a survey of 2,009 UK workers by the One4all Rewards found 38% of workers in tourism and leisure believe their efforts at work go unnoticed by their manager or boss.
"The Spotlight Awards will give managers and bosses the opportunity to recognise and reward workers’ efforts and achievements," said Declan Byrne, managing director at the One4all Rewards.
"Rewarding staff can have a phenomenal impact on morale, productivity and retention, and our research has identified many workers in tourism and leisure – more than 1 in 3 – feel their efforts rarely go recognised by bosses.
"Doing so isn’t always easy in small businesses where budgets can be tight, so, via the Spotlight Awards, we are aiming to enable a greater number of businesses to provide tangible rewards for exceptional staff, free of charge."
Nominations are free and can be submitted by employers or by work colleagues until May 27 2016.
There is also an Employee of the Year Award, to honour the UK’s best employee by selecting an overall winner from the 20 category winners.
Each category winner will be awarded with a £200 One4all Gift Card, while the Employee of the Year Award will receive a £500 One4all Gift Card, which can be spent in more than 22,000 stores nationwide.
For more information and to nominate, go to www.spotlightawards.one4allrewards.co.uk
One4all Rewards Spotlight Award Categories:
1. High Street Retail – Employee of the Year
2. E-Commerce Retail – Employee of the Year
3. Call Centre – Employee of the Year
4. Hair & Beauty – Employee of the Year
5. Health & Social Care – Employee of the Year
6. Public Sector/ Social Enterprise of Not for Profit – Employee of the Year
7. Catering – Employee of the Year
8. Professional Services – Employee of the Year
9. Creative/ Media/ Digital or Technology – Employee of the Year
10. Manufacturing & Engineering – Employee of the Year
11. Automotive/ Delivery & Logistics – Employee of the Year
12. Property & Construction – Employee of the Year
13. Tourism & Leisure – Employee of the Year
14. Family Business – Employee of the Year
15. Team of the Year
16. Team Player of the Year
17. Office Sage
18. Unsung Hero Award
19. Rising Star Award
20. Customer Service Employee of the Year
i. Employee of the Year
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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