Monthly Communications Update November 2023 Note to all Managers: Please ensure that this communication is readily available, in both electronic and hard copy, to all teams and use it for discussion at your team briefing meetings. Hello. I hope that these monthly staff briefings are proving useful. Going forward, we plan to supplement these with video messages from Peter, supported by various Directors, plus a commitment from us to get out and about as much as possible. That way, you will be able to start putting faces to names and, hopefully, will feel assured about reaching out at any time. In the interim, here is this month’s update:
Staff Survey
Employee benefits update:
Once again, a huge thank you to everybody who participated in the staff survey.
We continue to look for affordable ways in which we can enhance the range of benefits available to you.
The outcomes have now been analysed and we have prepared a briefing for you which you can find by clicking here. You will see that we had some very positive and high scores, as well as some lower ones which we will, obviously, need to work on.
I am pleased to confirm that, in December, we will be launching a new app which will include an enhanced range of discounts at stores and restaurants, easier access to resources such as our Wellbeing Hub, more ‘real time’ communications and a social media page through which we will be able to connect, chat and recognise good practice.
The document attached outlines samples of the highest and lowest scores in each particular section – but your Manager will have a more comprehensive update which they will share with you at team briefing meetings.
This will be a fully accessible platform for everybody across the Iris Care Group and will, I am sure, significantly enhance our connectivity and networking capacity. Please watch this space next month for further detail.
I will continue to update you on progress against actions in the coming months.
Following that, and in January, we will launch the Wagestream benefit which will allow people to have access to a portion of their pay ahead of pay day.
Christmas bonus - a reminder We informed you last month that everybody (apart from people still in probation) would receive a one-off, discretionary bonus of £250 (subject to tax deductions). Following this we heard that some people who may be in receipt of ‘in work’ benefits may not be able to accept this payment due to the adverse effect it may have on their benefits in future months. I must stress that the Directors feel very disappointed and frustrated that something designed to be a positive gesture resulted in some team members being unable to accept the payment. They, subsequently, carefully considered a range of other options for people who have found themselves in this position but, regrettably, were prevented from doing anything else due to a range of complex DWP and HMRC legislative rules. We, therefore, asked that you email communications@iriscaregroup.co.uk if you wished to opt out of receiving this bonus. Please note that your email must be received by 15th November in order to prevent it from being paid.