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Helen Smith: Stop mental health becoming a tick-box culture
With a growing national emphasis on mental health, UK employers have never had a better opportunity to start a conversation with their employees about their mental wellbeing. Our Mental health in the...
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Debbie Lovewell-Tuck: Welcome to Mental Wellbeing Week
Welcome to Employee Benefits’ Mental Wellbeing Week in association with Benenden. Historically, mental health and wellbeing has been perceived to be a taboo subject, particularly in the workplace. The...
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Confessions of a benefits manager: Candid attends benefits training
Big Bad Boss has decided I should go to a benefits training seminar. Sounds like it won’t be much of a jolly or he would be going himself. Smarmy Consulting, our pension advisor, run all sorts of...
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Debbie Lovewell-Tuck: Welcome to Financial Wellbeing Week!
Welcome to Employee Benefits’ Financial Wellbeing Week in association with Wealth at Work. Over the past few years, we have seen employers’ approaches to supporting their employees almost go full...
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Jonathan Watts-Lay: Helping employees to focus on their finances
It is not uncommon for employees to face financial worries at various stages of their life, whether that is dealing with debt, concerns over retirement savings or making their monthly budget work. The...
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Lovewell’s logic: Is your workforce fit for the future?
What does the future workforce look like in your organisation? Is it likely to be more diverse than ever, with up to five generations now present in many workforces? Is it likely to include more...
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Lovewell’s logic: Equal pay claims gather pace
Is it just me, or does it seem rather apt that in the same week as International Women’s Day (8 March) several equal pay claims were brought by current and former female employees against well-known...
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Lovewell’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....
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Goldman 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...
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Higher 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...
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Government 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...
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Confessions 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,...
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Lovewell’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...
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Lovewell’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...
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Confessions 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...
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Top 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 comparable Personal assistant to be paid £75,000 for...
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Lovewell’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...
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Debbie Lovewell-Tuck: Welcome to Group Risk Week!
Welcome to Group Risk Week, in association with Ellipse. This dedicated week is designed to bring you exclusive insights and opinions, uncovering the latest trends and best practices in group risk...
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Chris 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...
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What does a modern group risk strategy look like?
Group risk benefits, such as life insurance and income protection, have been around for close to 200 years. And, while their objective has not changed significantly, employers are now using them in a...
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