";s:4:"text";s:5078:" “They particularly become a component when we talk about multi-retail cards.“Instead of an Amazon voucher or a Marks and Spencer voucher, by issuing a multi-retailer voucher or gift card, the organisation is providing the employee with the ability to celebrate that life event with their family.”.Employers might also choose to give mothers a bouquet of flowers to celebrate the birth of a child.Aslam adds: “On the birth of a baby, we may feature Boots cards, because that’s a really popular choice.”.Awarding employees for long-service landmarks are much safer from an employer’s perspective than employees’ personal life events, especially because an organisation will have all employees’ start dates on file.“These tend to be recognition after five, 10, 15 or 20 years’ service,” says Goss. Alternatively, an employer shouldn’t make observations about an employee being “fresh” or too young. 3 comments. Expenditures for private birthday parties are considered to be of a personal nature and will not be reimbursed.Under no circumstances will Company, its HR staff or managers/supervisors reveal an employee’s age or birth date. While this is similar to employee anniversaries, it is quite different. If you think it might just be shyness and disregard their wishes, you could run into religious discrimination claims as some religions forbid such celebrations.As with all things employment related, consistency is key. The issue of a 'strict business need' isnt the point its the adherence to the principles that count. Instead of celebrating every year, employment milestone is celebrated with every five years they have been with the company; 5 years, 10 years, 15 years and such. It is also a time to reflect on the errors and mistakes made that make the company where it is at the present moment.A quick recap on the types of celebrations to increase employee motivation:There are ways you can show the individuals on your team how valuable they are and celebrating both minor and major achievements are definitely a way to encourage employee motivation.All the best in celebrating each event with your employees!Heryati is a member of the customer success team at 6Q, and is based in Perth, Western Australia. Light the candle, gather the other employees and go to the birthday boy/girl and sing happy birthday.Be creative and if you can come up with a good joke to play on the person all the much better. Congratulatory celebrations should be limited to one hour of work time and should be planned over lunch times (i.e.11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.) or at the end of the work day