All articles by Debbie Lovewell-Tuck – Page 41
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Action needed on living wage
In its report, Social Mobility: The Next Steps, the government-appointed commission made a number of recommendations, including that the government should encourage employers that can afford to pay the living wage to do so voluntarily and to pay the living wage more widely in the public sector.Duncan Brown, principal at ...
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Pg 15 Awards - Employee Benefits Awards 2014 categories announced
[DEBBIE L TO ADD PICTURES ONLINE BEFORE GOES LIVE, ALSO CHECK SPACING AND ADD LINKS FROM CATEGORIES TO AWARDS WEBSITE RELEVANT CATEGORY]The Employee Benefits Awards 2014 categories are:Best staff travel policy:Most effective travel strategy for business and perk car driversBest healthcare and wellbeing benefits – small employerMost effective healthcare and ...
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New exhibitors at Employee Benefits Live 2013
The lively exhibition that sits alongside the conference will include a number of new exhibitors to Employee Benefits Live.These include: Anthony Hodges Consulting, Axa PPP Healthcare, Barclays, Benenden Health, Broadstone, Cottrills, EnjoyBenefits, HS Admin, ITM, Kenexa, Lorica Employee Benefits, Rewards Direct, Jelf Employee Benefits, Tusker and Wellbeing People.Find out more ...
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Mentors give career guidance at Employee Benefits Live
Delegates looking to advance their career in reward and benefits will be able to take advantage of guidance and advice from a panel of top benefits practitioners and award-winning benefits professionals at Employee Benefits Live.During careers clinics, which are sponsored by JSW Resources, visitors will be able to drop in ...
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Gain free tax and legal advice at Employee Benefits Live
Human resources, benefits and reward professionals will be able to gain free tax and legal advice on key benefits issues during several drop-in sessions at this year’s Employee Benefits Live.In the Auto-enrolment Drop-In clinics, delegates can seek advice and support from legal experts. These include David Farmer, partner at DLA ...
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Mental health and auto-enrolment hot topics at Employee Benefits Live
How to do more with less, pensions auto-enrolment, managing mental health issues and employee engagement are just some of the hot topics that will be addressed in the two-day conference programme at Employee Benefits Live.On the second day of the event, Sally Purbrick, head of reward at Anglian Water, will ...
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Employers must justify default fund selection
Employers must be able to justify why they selected the default fund for their defined contribution (DC) pension scheme and have processes in place to review it.If they do not, they must question their scheme governance, said Stephen Bowles, a representative of the Defined Contribution Investment Forum (DCIF), during a ...
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Standard Life and Barnett Waddingham partner on auto-enrolment
Barnett Waddingham has partnered with Standard Life to develop auto-enrolment services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with staging dates commencing in early 2014.According to the Department for Business Innvovation and Skills, it is estimated there are more than 30,000 organisations with workforces between 50-250 employees that will need to ...
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Join high and low pay debates at Employee Benefits Live
Interactive debates on each day of Employee Benefits Live will encourage HR, and compensation and benefits professionals to take a stronger lead on high and low pay in the UK.The interactive debates, chaired by Debi O’Donovan, editor of Employee Benefits, will comprise a series of short presentations from industry experts, ...
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DebbieLovewell: Early pension saving is vital
This was closely followed, fairly sensibly I thought, with saving for a property deposit. Pensions and the need to save for retirement didn’t even cross my mind.Maybe if I’d been faced with some of the cold, hard figures spelling out what a difference beginning to save early could make, it ...
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ArticleEarly stagers planned for auto-enrolment earlier
Employers that still have to auto-enrol their staff have started planning for the process later than those that have already auto-enrolled their workforce, according to the Employee Benefits/Capita Pensions Research 2013.The research, which surveyed 370 HR and benefits managers, found that 62% of employers that have auto-enrolled staff began planning ...
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Top tips from award winners at Employee Benefits Live
Past Employee Benefits Award winners, including Asda, Merlin Entertainments, Capital One, First Group, Random House Group, Bwin.Party and City Health Care Partnership CIC will share their tips and secrets for success on a variety of benefits.The strategies covered will include: employee motivation, pensions, share schemes, health and wellbeing, work-life balance ...
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ArticleEmployers should prepare early for auto-enrolment
Employers that have yet to auto-enrol staff should start planning as early as possible.More than half (55%) of respondents to the Employee Benefits/Capita Pensions Research 2013 that have already auto-enrolled staff said this would be their top tip for employers that have yet to comply with the reforms.A further 20% ...
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ArticleIn-house support more prevalent in auto-enrolled organisations
Employers that have auto-enrolled staff relied more on in-house resources than respondents that have still to auto-enrol staff plan to do so.According to the Employee Benefits/Capita Pensions Research 2013, which surveyed 370 HR and benefits professionals, 52% of those that have auto-enrolled staff used in-house advice, 60% had in-house help ...
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Article38% due to auto- enrol will use postponement
Respondents that have yet to auto-enrol their staff say they are less likely to use postponement than those that have already auto-enrolled.According to the Employee Benefits/Capita Pensions Research 2013, which surveyed 370 HR and benefits managers, 38% of those that have yet to auto-enrol staff plan to use postponement.Two-thirds (67%) ...
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Debbie Lovewell: Positive impact of exercise
Yet, thanks to a gym opening a mere stone’s throw from Employee Benefits’ offices, this has all begun to change.One pleasant surprise has been the positive impact of lunch-time gym sessions on mood, energy levels and afternoon productivity. It certainly ties in with research by HR recruitment firm Ortus, which ...
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Gain tax and legal advice at Employee Benefits Live
In the auto-enrolment drop-in sessions, delegates can seek advice and support from legal experts and industry mentors, while salary sacrifice drop-in sessions will have tax specialists on hand to answer all delegates questions.Careers clinics, meanwhile, offer the opportunity for delegates to gain career advice and find out how to progress ...
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ArticleFirst auto-enrollers less likely to wait for staging date
The first organisations to auto-enrol staff were more likely to do so before their staging date than those that have still to do so, according to the Employee Benefits/Capita Pensions Research 2013.The research, which surveyed 370 HR and benefits professionals, found that just over half (53%) of those that have ...
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Opinion
Lovewell's Logic: Removing barriers for post-maternity returnees
Many factors influence a mother’s decision to return to work following maternity leave. The desire to balance their new life as a parent with their working life will often be a key consideration, so employers that are willing, and able, to offer flexible working patterns may find this stands them ...
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Former MI5 head to deliver keynote at Employee Benefits Live
Manningham-Buller, who headed Britain’s Security Service from 2002 to 2007, led the organisation though substantial change in the wake of 9/11 and the threat from Al-Qaeda. During this time, MI5 also doubled in size and altered its approach to the professional development of staff.For more information and to register to ...