Xoxoday Empuls supports award-neutral years of service milestone programs, replacing points with curated merchandise catalogs configured by employee tenure level and country, including tax-efficient delivery in regions such as Canada and the United States.
Years of Service Without Points
Xoxoday Empuls is fully award-neutral, meaning milestone programs do not have to rely on a points-based economy. Instead, your organisation can configure a merchandise-based service award program where employees select a physical or digital gift from a curated catalog that reflects their years of service. This model suits organisations that want recognition to feel tangible and personal rather than transactional. A five-year milestone catalog might feature premium branded items or experience vouchers, while a twenty-five-year catalog offers a significantly upgraded selection — each tier tailored to the employee’s tenure level and configured by your HR team.Country-Level Catalog Customisation
Service award programs in Xoxoday Empuls can be configured independently for each country in scope. Your organisation maintains a single global program while ensuring that catalog contents, currency, and award values are appropriate for each regional workforce. This is especially valuable for globally distributed teams. Employees in France, Singapore, or Brazil each see a catalog curated for their location, while program logic and reporting remain unified under one admin interface. Xoxoday Empuls integrates with HRIS platforms such as Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, and Darwinbox to pull tenure data automatically and trigger milestone events without manual intervention.How Employees Receive and Redeem Awards
When an employee reaches a milestone, Xoxoday Empuls sends an automated notification through their preferred channel — including Microsoft Teams, Slack, or email. The notification directs them straight to their personalised years of service catalog, where they select an award that suits them rather than accumulating points to spend later. This shift from points to merchandise selection simplifies the employee experience and removes the cognitive overhead of managing a points balance across multiple reward types. The redemption flow is self-contained and requires no HR involvement once the program is live.Tax Efficiency by Country
Using merchandise selection rather than points or cash equivalents delivers meaningful tax advantages in several countries. In both Canada and the United States, service award merchandise provided at qualifying tenure milestones may be treated as a non-taxable benefit up to defined thresholds, reducing the tax burden on both the employee and the employer. Xoxoday Empuls structures award delivery to align with local tax rules by country, so your HR and finance teams do not need to manage compliance detail manually. Programs are configured to respect applicable limits per region, keeping the employee experience seamless while keeping your organisation compliant. Learn more: Empuls Help Centre — Milestone reward programMulti-country recognition configuration
Learn how Xoxoday Empuls lets you run a single recognition program with country-level catalog, currency, and compliance settings for each regional workforce.
Milestone program notifications and triggers
Understand how Xoxoday Empuls automatically notifies employees at service milestones via Slack, Microsoft Teams, or email and directs them to their award catalog.