All articles by Debbie Lovewell-Tuck – Page 11
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Should Facebook base employees' pay on location?
Should your salary be set according to the area in which you live?This was the question raised earlier this week when Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerburg, discussed the organisation’s plans to move towards remote working in the post-pandemic era. In a public livestream, Zuckerburg explained that over the next five to ...
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OpinionJoanna Sharples: Why responsible investment could be the pensions engagement message members need
Assets held by UK defined contribution (DC) pension schemes are expected to increase substantially over the next decade. That vast sum of money will support the retirements of millions of UK employees over the next 30 years and beyond.Over the last few months, stock markets around the world have suffered ...
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OpinionHelen Smith: Supporting employees’ mental health during Covid-19
A few months ago, most employees would have never heard of Covid-19 but now it is the biggest factor affecting their daily lives.Benenden Health surveyed 2,455 respondents in April 2020 to understand how this is impacting employees and share the insight into the challenges Covid-19 poses to their daily life, ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: Reviewing mental health support
As our Mental Health Week, in association with Benenden Health, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping employers’ strategies in this area.This week is running concurrently with the Mental Health Awareness Week hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, which, ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid trials wellbeing apps
I never thought I would say this, but I love my job. How many people get paid to take care of their own wellbeing? Nope. I can’t think of any, but that is exactly what I am doing today.Big Bad Boss has latched onto the current mental health zeitgeist, and ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: The economic impact of Covid-19 continues to bite
When looking for inspiration for topics for my weekly blog, I often look back over the news we have covered that week. Unsurprisingly, our headlines this week have been dominated by pay issues, be these about employers that have awarded pay increases or appreciation bonuses to front-line or key workers ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: How are employees coping during lockdown?
How are your employees coping with life under lockdown? While the government’s extension of lockdown and social distancing measures was not unexpected, it may have evoked mixed emotions for some. While most will undoubtedly understand and appreciate the steps that are being taken to minimise the impact of Covid-19, many ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid looks at tax-effective benefits
You would think in these difficult times, the executive team would have more important things to think about, but their self-interest is immune. One of the guys in C-suite has asked us to focus on making executive benefits more tax-effective. Well, that’s not exactly what he said; in fact, he ...
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OpinionSam Smethers: Is pay transparency radical?
Sometimes the simple and obvious thing can still be perceived as radical. When it comes to pay transparency, the idea that we might find out what our colleagues are earning is, at one level, radical because pay secrecy is the norm in most workplaces and talking about pay is taboo. ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Are you being supported through the Covid-19 pandemic?
How are you? I’m sure that is a question you have asked others on an almost daily basis during the ongoing pandemic; but how many times have you asked it of yourselves?Inevitably, there has been a great deal of focus over the past few weeks on how organisations are treating ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: Occupational health in a changing world
As our Occupational Health Week, in association with Health Shield, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping employers’ strategies in this area.In the current climate, looking after employees’ health and wellbeing is arguably more important than ever. Despite some ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Living through unsettling times
What a difference a week makes. When I wrote about the preparations UK organisations were making for staff to work remotely just a week ago, I don’t think I really expected it to become a reality as quickly as it has done.We are currently living through uncertain and unsettling times. ...
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ArticleLovewell’s logic: Could Coronavirus alter flexible working in the UK?
With Coronavirus now firmly front and centre in UK consciousness, businesses are well underway with preparing for staff to work from home, where it is feasible for them to do so. For some organisations, this will be the first time they have incorporated remote working into their business strategy.Setting employees ...
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OpinionTony Pugh: Delegate to accumulate – how to win back time by changing pension schemes
If you asked most employers what their biggest business priorities are for this year, I am confident that ‘spending more time on the pension scheme’ would not feature very highly.In fact, Aon’s UK DC pension survey 2020, published in February 2020, showed that 35% of employers with their own trust-based ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: How will Coronavirus affect business?
Over the last week, the UK’s preparations for dealing with Coronavirus seem to have moved on at a significant pace. As consumers have emptied retailers’ shelves of anti-bacterial hand gel and begun stockpiling food, the government has set out its plans to tackle the virus in the coming weeks and ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid justifies pay increases
There is always a commotion about something, and this month it is salary increases in India. There has generally been a lot of noise about salary increases globally, but it has really kicked off about India.We have got a new executive in charge of procurement and, like many of our ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: Welcome to Employee Engagement Week!
Welcome to Employee Benefits’ Employee Engagement Week in association with Benenden Health!As the world around us continues to evolve at a startling pace, so too do employees’ needs and expectations. Factors such as the changing nature of work and working patterns, developments in technology, including automation and artificial intelligence (AI), ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Where does the employer's duty towards staff end?
Since news of the death of television presenter Caroline Flack broke over the weekend, the issue of mental health has barely left the headlines. Among the numerous tributes, attributions of blame and calls for an end to online bullying and trolling, I read a couple of articles stating that, as ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: Future-proofing benefits strategies
As our Benefits Strategy Week, in association with Aon, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of benefits.Constant evolution and change are an accepted fact of life. This is particularly apparent in the business world, where factors ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid deals with benefits unrest
I dread going in there, and I worry if I am going to come out unscathed. I am talking, of course, of our IT department.More specifically, there is a group of specialist developers we inherited when we bought out a fintech start-up. Word on the third floor, Big Bad Boss ...