Debbie Lovewell-Tuck
Debbie Lovewell-Tuck is a business journalist with 20 years’ experience specialising in pay, reward and HR. She joined Employee Benefits as a reporter in 2003, before becoming editor in 2015. Debbie is also responsible for editorial content across Employee’ Benefits events, including Employee Benefits Live and the Employee Benefits Awards, as well as hosting Employee Benefits’ webinars.
Debbie is the recipient of several media awards: Employee Benefits and Pensions Journalist of the Year at the Towers Watson Excellence in HR Journalism Awards 2011 and 2012.
Under her editorship, Employee Benefits has been awarded the Willis Towers Watson Media Award Pensions/Benefits Publication of the Year three times.
Debbie has also written for publications including The Times and Raconteur Media, and has appeared as an expert commentator on BBC and Share Radio.
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AnalysisPodcast: Supporting employees to maximise retirement income
In this episode of the Employee Benefits podcast, in association with Royal London, Rory Marsh, workplace pensions lifestage director at Royal London, discusses how to support employees to maximise their retirement income.
OpinionLovewell’s logic: Turning the retirement crisis around
How to ensure individuals save enough for their retirement has been the perennial question ever since the demise of defined benefit pension schemes.
Article42% of women believe their periods have impacted salary progression
Two-fifths (42%) of women believe their periods have impacted their salary progression, according to research by Superdrug Online Doctor.
ArticleFinancial services staff want more financial support from their employer
Two-thirds (63%) of financial services employees want more financial support from their employer, according to research by benefits technology provider Zest.
ArticlePet wellness firm seeks dog breath sniffer
Pet wellness firm Spot and Tango is searching for a summer intern to judge the freshness of New York canines’ breath.
ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 24 - 30 April 2025
The top 10 most read articles between 24 - 30 April 2025 on employeebenefits.co.uk
OpinionLovewell’s logic: Is the proposed US baby bonus enough to support working parents?
One proposal reportedly being considered by the Trump administration is the notion of paying all new mothers in the US a $5,000 bonus following the birth of a child.
ArticleGP practice manager failed to pay staff pension contributions into NHS scheme
A GP practice manager failed to pay more than £75,000 into the NHS Pension Scheme, despite deducting employee contributions.
ArticleEmployee Benefits webinar: Building the business case for salary sacrifice and electric vehicles
Employee Benefits webinar, Building the business case for salary sacrifice and electric vehicles, sponsored by Tusker, is set to be broadcast live at 11.00am on Tuesday 29 April.
OpinionLovewell’s logic: Incentivising AI
Will more organisations follow Shoosmiths’ lead and linking the use of AI to bonus and incentive schemes?
OpinionLovewell’s logic: Navigating the stresses of modern life
The unrelenting pace of modern life, and the challenges this brings, mean employers may find the provision of support becomes a point of differentiation for both prospective and existing employees.
OpinionLovewell’s logic: A winning formula
Judging the Employee Benefits Awards 2025 highlighted many benefits professionals’ passion for the industry.
ArticleLidl Ireland to increase pay for 6,000 employees
Lidl Ireland is to increase pay for its 6,000 employees in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
ArticleGreggs to share £20.5 million bonus and increase pension contributions
Bakery chain Greggs is to share a £20.5 million bonus among many of its 33,000 employees.
OpinionLovewell’s logic: Why is motherhood still so detrimental to a woman’s career?
This week, the charity Pregnant Then Screwed launched a live online career shredder, with the aim of virtually shredding 74,000 CVs in representation of the up to 74,000 women who experience losing their job as a result of pregnancy or maternity discrimination every year in the UK.
OpinionLovewell’s logic: Making benefits memorable
How can employers build a benefits package that will be remembered by future generations?
OpinionLovewell’s logic: Could a four-day week become the norm?
As 200 employers permanently adopt a four-day week, could this working model become more commonplace in the next few years?
OpinionLovewell’s logic: Extending workplace support for miscarriage
Parents who experience a miscarriage should be legally entitled to two weeks’ paid leave. This was the recommendation made this week by the Women and Equalities Committee, a cross-party group of MPs, in its report Equality at Work: Miscarriage and Bereavement Leave.
ArticleHigher pension contributions are most desired benefit in 2025
Around a third (30%) of employees would like to receive higher pension contributions from their employer this year, according to research by benefits technology provider Zest.
OpinionLovewell’s logic: How time flies!
As I get older, it seems that every year seems to fly past quicker than the last. Looking back over the past 12 months, it certainly seems like a lot has happened.