GiftCard Partners, Inc. (https://www.giftcardpartners.com/) has once again been named one of Boston’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in 2022 by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR http://thebestandbrightest.com/about/nabr/). The competition identifies and honors organizations that display a commitment to excellence in their human resource practices and employee enrichment.

eGift Cards, or digital gift cards, are a fast and convenient gift option for employee and corporate gifts or as a reward option for your incentive programs. eGift gift cards offer the option to instantly send gift cards directly to a recipient's  inbox or via text message. They are also easy to redeem with many merchants allowing them to be used in-store or online.

Most companies are now in the planning season for 2023, but uncertainty about the economy, continued labor shortages and stubborn inflation are posing unique challenges to planning and forecasting budgets. Given these challenges, initiatives like employee engagement may not seem like an executive-level priority, but the risks of continued high turnover, paired with high onboarding costs for new employees are far greater than the cost of a coordinated employee engagement program that helps retain key members of your team. 

The holidays are upon us and for many employers it’s a reminder of how many of our corporate holiday traditions have changed. Holiday parties, cash bonuses and corporate gift programs seem like a pre-pandemic memory, rather than something employees expect to hear about this year. 

Open enrollment is defined as the annual period in which employees can make changes to their benefits for themselves and their dependents. For many companies, this period occurs at the end of the calendar year for the following year. Despite the fact that this enrollment period is a mechanism by which employees can take advantage (or fuller advantage) of employer subsidized benefits, HR teams still face challenges in getting employees to participate in the open enrollment period and often turn to enrollment incentives to encourage employees to participate, and do so on time.