UK Royal Mail reintroduces staff rewards scheme
How to reward staff. How to support them. How to retain them when the pool of young talent is declining all the time. These are just some of the issues faced by human resources departments every day. Royal Mail, one of Britain’s largest employers, confronts all these issues and more in its struggle to fight off increasing competition for postal services. This week, the state-owned organisation found itself in controversial territory after directors reintroduced a scheme rewarding good attendance by postal workers with prizes of cars and holiday vouchers. Unions said the scheme was a gimmick. Royal Mail, on the other hand, argued it was a genuine effort to boost staff commitment and morale.
