In today's concluding guest blog post in a short series looking at the findings of the EEF's Flexibility in the Modern Manufacturing Workplace report, Tim Thomas looks at why communication and reward are of key importance to building and maintaining competitive advantage.
Tim Thomas is Head of Employment Policy at EEF, the manufacturers' organisation.
Tim Thomas, EEF: Flexible working - the importance of communication and reward
EEF's Flexibility in the Modern Manufacturing Workplace report shines a light on best practice in flexible working in the manufacturing sector. It shows that EEF members are gaining a global competitive advantage with the support of their workforce, while preserving and retaining the skills needed in the 21st century for manufacturers to compete.
Workforce engagement, communication and reward are all vital elements of the modern, flexible manufacturing workplace. They are also essential to maintaining competitive advantage. EEF members use a range of innovative mechanisms to engage with their employees. Nearly 90% of EEF members responding to the survey say that engagement has improved employee relations and the motivation of their workforce.
Tim Thomas is Head of Employment Policy at EEF, the manufacturers' organisation.
Tim Thomas, EEF: Flexible working - the importance of communication and reward
EEF's Flexibility in the Modern Manufacturing Workplace report shines a light on best practice in flexible working in the manufacturing sector. It shows that EEF members are gaining a global competitive advantage with the support of their workforce, while preserving and retaining the skills needed in the 21st century for manufacturers to compete.
Workforce engagement, communication and reward are all vital elements of the modern, flexible manufacturing workplace. They are also essential to maintaining competitive advantage. EEF members use a range of innovative mechanisms to engage with their employees. Nearly 90% of EEF members responding to the survey say that engagement has improved employee relations and the motivation of their workforce.
Using a variety of communication tools is key to success, with no single solution for all.
Three-fifths (60%) of companies use three or more different channels for staff communication, and nearly 30% have a European Works Council.
Reward is also a key factor in promoting company goals and recognising achievement.
Reward schemes in operation at EEF member organisations range from profit-related pay to dispatch bonuses.
Our report shows how EEF members demonstrate the value they place on good workforce relations, and their key role in building a modern, competitive manufacturing businesses that can take advantage of new products and new markets and better reward their employees as a result.
See also:
Three-fifths (60%) of companies use three or more different channels for staff communication, and nearly 30% have a European Works Council.
Reward is also a key factor in promoting company goals and recognising achievement.
Reward schemes in operation at EEF member organisations range from profit-related pay to dispatch bonuses.
Our report shows how EEF members demonstrate the value they place on good workforce relations, and their key role in building a modern, competitive manufacturing businesses that can take advantage of new products and new markets and better reward their employees as a result.
See also:
- Tim Thomas, EEF: Flexible working - why fix what's not broken? The EEF's Tim Thomas questions the need for the Government's consultation on extending the right to request flexible working.
- Tim Thomas, EEF: Employers should lead the social change agenda Tim argues that employers should be free to lead the social change agenda through exploring flexible working alternatives, rather than have a flexible working agenda forced upon them.
- Tim Thomas, EEF: Flexibility not complexity
UK manufacturers would benefit not only from light-touch regulation in
certain areas, but also that such regulation needs to be written in
plain English, says Tim Thomas.
- Tim Thomas, EEF: Flexible working supports the UK's ability to compete A look at how and why manufacturing sector employers have implemented and embedded flexible working practices in order to boost their ability to compete in a global marketplace.
- Tim Thomas, EEF: Flexible working - the importance of communication and reward In the concluding post in this short series, Tim Thomas looks at why communication and reward are of key importance to building and maintaining competitive advantage.
- Flexibility in the Modern Manufacturing Workplace Download the complete report from the EEF website.
We answer a number of common questions on flexible working, in the XpertHR FAQ section:
- Which employees are eligible for the statutory right to request flexible working?
- In what circumstances can an employer reject a request for flexible working?
- Where an employee who is about to go on maternity leave requests that she return on reduced hours, is the employer under any obligation to consider her request at that point?
- Can employer withdraw from a flexible working agreement if the arrangements are no longer in its interests?
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