Blogs

Drawing on recent IES research, Stephen Bevan's blog considers the persistent wage penalty for working age women living with obesity and calls for society as a whole to permanently challenge the deeply embedded discrimination against people, especially women, living with obesity.

Despite the hype around the ‘Great Resignation’, Stephen Bevan's blog identifies a regular core of factors that continue to drive resignation decisions and explains how IES can help employers manage labour turnover through good use of data.

With allegations of workplace bullying once again hitting the headlines, Stephen Bevan details why it is always best to call out this kind of behaviour with senior colleagues, no matter what short term discomfort may result.

To mark World Mental Health Day, Stephen Bevan looks at how employers can help tackle the causes of work related mental ill health, setting out three priority areas for action.

With the proposal to cut up to £8.8bn a year through the introduction of regional pay boards and wage variation for public sector workers now hastily retracted, Stephen Bevan and Tony Wilson look at this often-mooted idea and reflect on why it has never delivered.

Stephen Bevan considers the merits of multi-year pay deals as a potential method of matching wages with potentially long term volatile inflation during a growing cost of living crisis.

Stephen Bevan highlights the urgent need for self employed construction workers to have improved access to mental health services and support, and makes recommendations on how this could be delivered to make it more accessible to this hard to reach group of workers.

Stephen Bevan considers the less-discussed aspect of the recent Taylor Review of modern employment: 'good work'. What is the evidence base, and what should a 'proactive approach' look like?

Professor Stephen Bevan looks at the impact of hay fever on wellbeing at work, productivity, and presenteeism.