All articles by Debbie Lovewell-Tuck – Page 14
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid's professional development
I cannot think of another time when this has happened: Big Bad Boss has offered to pay for some continued professional development training for me. Great, but I worry that it means he thinks I am getting out of date. It is a bit like being offered a seat on ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Is work-life balance so difficult to achieve?
Hello! Earlier this week, I returned to my role as Editor of Employee Benefits after 13 months’ maternity leave (which seemed to fly past at a frightening speed!).I have spent the majority of my first week back trying to catch up with all that has happened in the world of ...
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OpinionSarah Robson: Why creating a benefits brand helps employee engagement
In today’s world, brand is everything. It can make the difference between an individual really buying into what the brand stands for or simply looking the other way. So while many organisations launch their employee benefits under their corporate identity, there are those which prefer to create a separate brand ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: It's farewell from me (for now)
This week’s blog is a bit of a different one for me as it will be my last – for some time at least. From next week, I will be heading off on maternity leave to start a new chapter in my life.I think it’s fair to say that the ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits' Benefits Research 2018
Click to download the Employee Benefits' Benefits research 2018The Employee Benefits' Benefits research 2018 was conducted in March 2018 among readers of employeebenefits.co.uk. It received 172 responses.This report is aimed at helping compensation, reward and benefits professionals understand the key issues driving current benefits strategies, as well as issues shaping ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Mind the (contribution) gap
Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), published earlier this week, showed that membership of workplace pensions has reached record levels since the launch of auto-enrolment; just under three-quarters (73%) of employees contributed to a workplace pension in 2017, compared to less than 47% in 2012.According to the ONS’ ...
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Case StudiesLondon Doctors Clinic builds benefits package to motivate its workforce
The London Doctors Clinic is a private surgery with eight clinics in central London.The organisation, which is growing fast, has two quite distinctive populations within its workforce: the clinic managers and the doctors.It is keen to preserve the ethos of a start-up in its approach to career development as the ...
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OpinionMichael Rose: How employers can create an integrated reward strategy to support business goals
When I think about an integrated reward strategy, the first thing that comes to mind is the differences between the parts of reward. They all cost money but they do different things. So, for example, death-in-service benefits do something very different and carry different messages to a cash incentive plan. ...
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OpinionChris Morgan: Key themes for employers in 2018
Every year reinsurer Swiss Re publishes a report on the group protection market, Group watch. On the face of it, more interesting to industry insiders rather than employers, there are a couple of key themes which may be of interest to employers when considering future changes to their benefit programmes.Excepted ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: Measuring the value of group risk benefits
As our Group Risk Week, in association with Ellipse, 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 group risk industry is relatively mature compared to some areas of the benefits market. Yet, despite its ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Can money buy happiness?
Can money buy happiness? This is a familiar question, having oft been debated over the years. Many people's natural response is likely to be ‘yes’, as thoughts of their next holiday, larger house or new car spring to mind. But would this response always be the same, following some time ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 12-18 April 2018
The 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 12 and 18 April 2018 were: EAT rules shared parental leave and maternity pay are not comparablePersonal assistant to be paid £75,000 for driving supercarsWhat can employers do to address gender pay disparity?US court rules in favour of Uber in employment status ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid looks into retirement planning
I need you to know I am really not that old. It is true that a girl in the bank told me, condescendingly, that ‘nowadays’ people do not ask for statement folders. It is also true my hairdresser keeps referring to her mother and me in the same sentence. Yet, ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Should pay be enhanced for shared parental leave?
On Wednesday (11 April), the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled that paying a male employee on shared parental leave a different rate of pay to a female employee on maternity leave does not amount to sex discrimination.This followed a previous Employment Tribunal decision, which found that a male employee, Madasar ...
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ArticleLovewell's logic - Gender pay gap reporting: the final frenzy
This Wednesday (4 April) saw us reach the deadline for private sector organisations with more than 250 employees to report their gender pay gap data.Over the last few months, there has been much discussion about when employers should choose to report their figures. One school of thought was that it ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid is pitched an EVP
According to the annual employee survey, it seems many of our employees do not really value their benefits. Given we have not been allowed to improve benefits for years, I am not exactly surprised, but none the less, it is a bit embarrassing for my department.The solution to this sad ...
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ArticleGovernment publishes white paper on defined benefit pensions
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published a white paper on defined benefit (DB) pension schemes setting out the government’s intentions to give The Pensions Regulator (TPR) stronger powers to take action against company directors who commit reckless action in relation to a pension scheme, strengthening scheme funding ...
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ArticleHigher earners most likely to experience work-related stress
Just under three-quarters (72%) of respondents earning more than £40,000 per annum experience work-related stress, making this the most likely earnings group to do so, according to research by Perkbox.Its 2018 UK workplace stress survey, which surveyed over 3,000 British workers over the age of 18, also found that long ...
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ArticleGoldman Sachs International reports 55.5% mean gender pay gap
Goldman Sachs International (GSI) has reported a 55.5% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay.In addition, Goldman Sachs (UK) SVC (GSUL) has reported a mean gender pay gap of 16.1% for fixed hourly pay.Collectively, the two UK entities of investment banking organisation Goldman Sachs employ 9,000 employees. The organisation ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Is government backtracking on tax-free childcare?
On Tuesday (13 March), the government announced that it is to delay the closure of workplace childcare voucher schemes by six months, extending the April deadline for employees to sign up to a scheme.Since it was announced that childcare vouchers would be phased out to make way for the government’s ...