All articles by Debbie Lovewell-Tuck – Page 13
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: Furthering diversity and inclusion
As our Diversity and Inclusion Week, in association with Benenden Health, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.Over the past couple of years, few can have missed the increasing focus on diversity and ...
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OpinionHelen Smith: How to look after the needs of an age-diverse workforce
It is no secret that employers that prioritise employee wellbeing and look after their staff well are more likely to reap rewards. Not only does the workforce benefit from a better working experience and healthier lives, but the business can also attract better talent, build loyalty and improve motivation and ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Supporting staff through menopause
At the Labour party conference earlier this week, Dawn Butler, the shadow women and equalities minister, announced plans to require all organisations with more than 250 employees to introduce a menopause workplace policy.Under these measures, employers would be required to make various provision: allowing staff to work flexibly if needed, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 86% cite reasonable cost as major factor when choosing healthcare benefits
EXCLUSIVE: Reasonable cost (86%) has remained the largest influencer when choosing to buy, or continue to offer, benefits since this question was first asked back in 2006, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare research 2019, which surveyed 202 HR decision makers and influencers, also found that ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 85% believe employers have duty to encourage work-life balance
EXCLUSIVE: For the 14th consecutive year, the majority (85%) of respondents believe they have a duty of care to encourage employees to achieve a sensible work-life balance, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare research 2019, which surveyed 202 HR decision makers and influencers, also found that ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Two-fifths do not know cost of providing healthcare benefits
EXCLUSIVE: Two-fifths (41%) of employers do not know how much providing healthcare benefits is estimated to cost their organisation; this proportion has risen gradually over the past few years, having stood at 30% in 2017, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare research 2019, which surveyed 202 ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: Reflecting on financial wellness
As our Financial Wellness 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 the benefits market.Not so long ago, I can remember writing about workplace savings platforms; at the time, a new benefits ...
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OpinionMartin Parish: Money under the mattress - why support financial wellbeing
Although stashing money under the mattress is, we hope, a thing of the past, the legacy of bad money management continues. The Money Advice Service (MAS) estimates that four in 10 people in the UK have poor financial capability, meaning they cannot manage their money day-to-day, nor handle periods of ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Help staff avoid becoming a statistic
Tuesday 10 September marked this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day. According to statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published just a week earlier, there were 6,507 suicides in the UK during 2018; significantly up on the previous year, and the first increase since 2013.In a trend that has ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: A holistic approach to wellbeing
As our Employee Wellbeing Week, in association with Axa PPP Healthcare, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.The past few years have seen some employers make major strides forward in moving to a ...
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OpinionNicola Mohns: No one size fits all - wellbeing needs to get personal
Whether boosting resilience, backing better work-life balance or creating behavioural change for a healthier lifestyle, it is important to make an effort where it counts for wellbeing.During the Second World War, the American Air Force wanted to find ways to reduce the number of casualties. Studying the planes that came ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid compares benefits
I am beginning to think there is a sign above my head that says ‘Can I help you?’ yet really I don’t want to help anyone at all.First up is the legal director, Nigel. He wants me to look at the employment contracts of an acquisition we’ve just made. What ...
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OpinionTony Pugh: Global challenges and solutions for DC pensions and financial wellbeing
A global financial wellbeing programme that takes into account localised pensions legislation, different taxation regimes and myriad different savings products might sound more like solving a Rubik’s Cube than building a benefits strategy.However, the DC pension and financial wellbeing global employee survey, published by Aon in June 2019, shows that, ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Moving mental wellbeing forward
Mental wellbeing remains firmly under the spotlight, both in the workplace and society more broadly, as individual, tragic cases continue to hit the headlines. In most instances, questions are raised as to why more support was not offered or available to those involved.In recent years, we have seen a marked ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Pay and employment defy gloomy outlook
As we draw ever closer to 31 October, when the UK is scheduled to leave the European Union (EU), headlines about the economic impact of a no-deal Brexit are becoming an almost daily occurrence. Concerns are increasingly being voiced of a looming recession and its inevitable impact on pay and ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid conducts a risk assessment
There is some guy called standing by my desk with a clipboard. He is ticking boxes furiously. Erm, can I help you? I ask. He frowns and holds out a hand reluctantly. I’m Ben, senior health and safety consultant, he tells me. That’s a relief, for a minute I thought ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Summer in the city...
As temperatures began to rise this week, the Employee Benefits team received a flurry of press releases about steps employers should be taking to help employees cope with the heat during summer. With UK temperatures expected to top the hottest on record for July on Thursday (at the time of ...
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OpinionTony Pugh: Master trust consolidation implications for employers and members
One of the biggest success stories from the last five years of pensions auto-enrolment has been the growth of the master trust market, with over 14 million savers now enrolled in master trust schemes.While many providers rose to the challenge of providing well-run schemes for members and their employers, others ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Tackling sickness absence moves up the agenda
Tackling pay disparity within the workforce has been a hot topic in recent years, with many organisations now going beyond gender pay gap reporting obligations to also analyse areas such as ethnicity pay gaps. Yet, alongside these oft-discussed areas of disparity, there is also currently a marked difference in how ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Could life leave work for all organisations?
This week, Molson Coors Brewing Company announced that it is introducing life leave for more than 2,200 employees based in the UK and Ireland. This entitles staff to take up to an additional two weeks of paid leave per year to support them through significant personal situations, such as moving ...