All articles by Debbie Lovewell-Tuck – Page 44

  • Case Studies

    Shire Pharmaceuticals focuses on pensions engagement

    2013-04-29T00:00:00Z

    In the lead-up to its November 2013 staging date, Shire will not face the same compliance challenges as some other organisations. It already contractually enrols all UK staff into its group personal pension (GPP) plan, which has resulted in 98% of these 530 employees belonging to the scheme.Contribution levels into ...

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    M&S, Next and Unilever shortlisted for best pensions change at Employee Benefits Awards

    2013-04-17T11:08:00Z

    Marks and Spencer, Next and Unilever are among the employers shortlisted for the award ‘Best pensions change’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2013.This award recognises organisations that have implemented a pensions change strategy resulting in effective pensions provision for employees. For example, they may have introduced a new pension scheme, ...

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    Employee Benefits Awards 2013 shortlist announced

    2013-04-16T11:30:00Z

    Asda, BMW, Hewlett-Packard, GlaxoSmithKline and Virgin Media are among the employers shortlisted for the Employee Benefits Awards 2013The winners will be announced during a lunch-time ceremony at the Artillery Garden at the HAC in London on 7 June 2013. Book a table at the summer party.Full Employee Benefits Awards 2013 ...

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    Survey: How important is staff health and wellbeing?

    2013-04-11T18:30:00Z

    Employee Benefits has launched its annual research into the health and wellbeing benefits offered in UK workplaces.Please help us to identify what employers offer and what is driving their strategies.Fill in the online surveyThis will enable us to help you benchmark how your organisation compares in the market.Your identity will ...

  • Analysis

    John Chilman: How to create a good default fund for staff

    2013-04-01T00:00:00Z

    John Chilman, group reward and pensions director at FirstGroup, speaks to Debbie Lovewell, deputy editor of Employee Benefits, about how employers should go about selecting a default investment fund in order to create a great outcome for pension scheme members, which provides diversification and has good governance.He highlights the key ...

  • Video

    Employee Benefits Awards judges praise entry standard

    2013-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The high standard of entries to this year’s Employee Benefits Awards impressed our panel of judges, particularly in regards to entrants’ creativity, innovation and careful tailoring of strategies and schemes to suit their workforce demographics.We would like to thank our highly esteemed panel of judges, many of whom are former ...

  • Article

    Debbie Lovewell: Running out of time on RTI

    2013-03-25T12:16:00Z

    This is an issue employers have been grappling with ahead of the introduction of real-time information (RTI) reporting on 6 April, with many concerned over payroll providers’ preparedness to deal with it.A survey of HR and payroll professionals published by PricewaterhouseCoopers in February found that one in four believed their ...

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    Employee Benefits Connect: Work environment will change radically

    2013-03-25T10:28:00Z

    During the closing keynote presentation at Employee Benefits Connect, Millard (pictured) said: “Choice and control are two major themes we are looking at into the future.”Work is no longer constrained to the hours of nine to five because of globalisation and the need for staff to work across different time ...

  • Article

    Employee Benefits Connect: Auto-enrolment is just first step

    2013-03-25T10:20:00Z

    Employers must think about ongoing processes, for example if there are seasonal workers who need to be enrolled later, he said.

  • Video

    Janine Sparks: Why pensions should be positioned as part of a total reward strategy

    2013-03-25T00:00:00Z

    Janine Sparks, reward manager – employee benefits at British Airways (BA), speaks to Debbie Lovewell, deputy editor of Employee Benefits, about positioning the pension scheme as part of a total reward strategy.Sparks points out that the pension is a major investment by the employer, but is often only appreciated as ...

  • Article

    Personal allowance increase could impact auto-enrolment

    2013-03-20T16:01:00Z

    Budget 2013: The increase in the personal allowance to £10,000 a year could mean fewer employees are auto-enrolled into a workplace pension scheme.The increase, announced by Chancellor George Osborne in the 2013 Budget, will take effect from 2014/15.But Zoe Lynch, a partner at law firm Sackers, said: “The numbers being ...

  • Article

    Government brings forward NI increases for DB pensions

    2013-03-20T15:58:00Z

    Budget 2013: The government has brought forward an increase in national insurance contributions (NICs) for employers with contracted-out defined benefit (DB) pension schemes by a year.The move results from Chancellor George Osborne’s confirmation in his 2013 Budget speech that members of a DB scheme will no longer be able to ...

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    Government brings forward increase to personal allowance

    2013-03-20T15:35:00Z

    Budget 2013: The government has brought forward its plans to increase the personal allowance to £10,000 to 2014/15.It means the first £10,000 of an employee’s annual salary will be exempt from income tax as a result of the increase, which was originally intended for 2015.Consequently, the average basic-rate taxpayer will ...

  • Article

    Government confirms removal of contracting out

    2013-03-20T15:34:00Z

    Budget 2013: The government has confirmed that defined benefit (DB) pension scheme members will no longer have the ability to contract out of the State Second Pension (SSP) from 2016/17.The SSP will end as a result of the introduction of the single-tier state pension, which will begin from 2016/17.From this ...

  • Article

    Engagement vital for business transformation

    2013-03-01T12:36:00Z

    EB Connect 2013: The key to transforming a business and achieving maximum success is to motivate and engage all employees with the organisation and its objectives, according to Kevin Gaskell, former managing director of Porsche and BMW.Speaking in the opening keynote session ‘Turbulence and recession: the perfect opportunity’ at Employee ...

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    Employer tax relief introduced on health benefits

    2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Budget 2013: The government is to introduce tax relief on up to £500-worth of health-related interventions funded by employers in a move designed to tackle long-term sickness absence and help staff return to work.As announced in January 2013, it is creating the health and work assessment and advisory service, targeted ...

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    Hargreaves Lansdown launches integrated workplace benefits system

    2013-02-27T11:52:00Z

    Hargreaves Lansdown has launched an integrated corporate wrap and flexible benefits system.The workplace benefits system integrates Hargreaves Lansdown’s Corporate Vantage investment platform, which includes a pension, a cash individual savings account (Isa), a stocks and shares Isa and an investment account; with flexible benefits technology provided by Staffcare.The system, which ...

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    Debbie Lovewell: Engaged staff can promote benefits value

    2013-02-25T07:15:00Z

    I was speaking to a family friend recently who described the fantastic range of bene?ts they were offered by their employer. This friend had joined their current employer later in their working life from a completely different industry, where they had been offered little in the way of bene?ts. So ...

  • Video

    Ian Cloake: Rewarding globally mobile employees

    2013-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Ian Cloke, vice president of global reward at Unilever, chats to Debbie Lovewell, deputy editor at Employee Benefits, about the key issues to consider when rewarding globally mobile employees.He explains that consistency is important because employees will talk to each other. Global mobility managers also need to be transparent and ...

  • Article

    DWP in consultancy charge review

    2013-01-31T16:46:00Z

    The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is in the midst of a review of consultancy charges, which it deems a legitimate risk to employees’ pensions pots.Speaking at the Employee Benefits Pensions and Workplace Savings Summit on 31 January, Bridget Micklem, head of private pensions, policy and analysis at the ...