Stephen Bevan

Former employee

BSc, PGCE

Steve sadly passed away in June 2024. You can read a message from our Director here. We have also built a collection of Steve’s writings and comment pieces spanning nearly 20 years, you can access them here.

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Job Crafting: An employee-led approach to job redesign?

Can job crafting help the terminally ill?

Weigh more and get paid less: why the obesity wage penalty for women matters

Reducing health-related job loss among older workers

Leadership: what’s it all about?

The 'Great Resignation': is the grass always greener?

Bullying in the workplace: why zero tolerance needs to be practised, not just preached

World Mental Health Day: identifying three priority areas for employer action

Regional pay in the public sector: an idea whose time has gone?

Can more multi-year pay deals calm our industrial relations climate?

Tackling the hidden anxiety crisis among self-employed construction workers

Overcoming the barriers to living and working with cancer

Working from home (again) – five lessons from the last time

Beating Obesity Stigma: A Three-step Programme

Cancer survivorship in Covid-19: A blind-spot for employers?

Precarious work and mental wellbeing - a lurking COVID-19 threat?

The curve steepens: Covid-19 and the social gradient for UK workers

How to avoid the homeworking-parenting clash

Beware the curse of the laptop warrior

Obesity stigma at work - the weight of evidence is growing

Putting the ‘being’ at the heart of workplace wellbeing

The right to disconnect: are you switching off this Christmas?

Guest Blog: Alcohol Awareness - What Employers Need to Know

The end of retirement?

Carrot or stick? How are UK employers managing absence?

Closure at Ford Bridgend – what next for the workforce?

Hiring a chief meaning officer? You're missing the point

Workforce planning remains a missing link in the NHS long term plan

The productivity puzzle: are we looking in the right place?

Ten years on, has HR learned any lessons from the financial crash?

Is wellbeing a missing link in our search for productivity growth?

Working with arthritis: more common than you think

Is 'good work' the ultimate workplace health intervention?

Is there a mental health 'time-bomb' ticking away in the public sector?

Two cheers for the PM's focus on mental health at work

Working beyond retirement - the new prescription for good health?

Post-referendum uncertainty demands a focus on employee engagement

Pension deficits, bond yields and quantitative easing: Why HR professionals need to take note

Don't get 'sniffy' with hay fever victims at work

Poor musculoskeletal health and workforce productivity

Older worker health - a looming crisis?

Supporting employees with terminal illness: a guide to workplace policies and practice, Stephen Bevan, What Works Centre for Wellbeing & Marie Curie, Nov 2023

El estigma de la obesidad y el empleo en España, Billy Campbell, Zofia Bajorek, Stephen Bevan, Daniel Muir, Aug 2023

Obesity stigma and employment in the Netherlands, Billy Campbell, Zofia Bajorek, Stephen Bevan, Novo Nordisk, Jul 2023

Slides & webinar: worklessness due to ill health, Stephen Bevan, Institute for Employment Studies, Oct 2022

Job crafting and flexible working in general practice, Stephen Bevan, Zofia Bajorek, Megan Edwards, Claudia Plowden Roberts, NHSE, Oct 2022

Slides: Return to work research and policy, Stephen Bevan, Institute for Employment Studies, Oct 2022

Slides: Returning to work following cancer, Stephen Bevan, Institute for Employment Studies, Sep 2022

Healthcare professionals, obesity and employment, Zofia Bajorek, Stephen Bevan, Institute for Employment Studies, Mar 2022

The dopamine dividend: in the mood for employee happiness?, Stephen Bevan, HR Network, Nov 2021

Returning to the workplace after Covid-19, Zofia Bajorek, Stephen Bevan, Institute for Employment Studies, Sep 2021

Living and working with obesity, Zofia Bajorek, Beth Mason, Megan Edwards, Stephen Bevan, Institute for Employment Studies, Jul 2021

Working well? How the pandemic changed work for people with health conditions, Beth Mason, Megan Edwards, Zofia Bajorek, Stephen Bevan, Institute for Employment Studies, Jun 2021

Wellbeing Post Covid-19, Stephen Bevan, Institute for Employment Studies, Mar 2021

Promoting an Age-Inclusive Workforce, Becci Newton, Stephen Bevan, Julie Vanderleyden, Institute for Employment Studies, Dec 2020

Obesity stigma at work, Zofia Bajorek, Stephen Bevan, Institute for Employment Studies, Nov 2020

Demonstrating the effectiveness of workplace counselling, Zofia Bajorek, Stephen Bevan, Institute for Employment Studies, Jul 2020

The Journey from Health and Safety to Healthy and Safe, Zofia Bajorek, Dan Lucy, Stephen Bevan, Shell Shipping & Maritime, Apr 2020

IES Working at Home Wellbeing Survey, Stephen Bevan, Beth Mason, Zofia Bajorek, Shell Shipping & Maritime, Apr 2020

IES Workplace Wellbeing Audit, Stephen Bevan, Institute for Employment Studies, Jan 2020

The Conversational Company, Stephen Bevan, Institute for Employment Studies, Oct 2019

Obesity and Work, Zofia Bajorek, Stephen Bevan, IES, May 2019

Designing and testing a return on investment tool for EAPs, Stephen Bevan, Zofia Bajorek, IES, Jan 2019

Brexit: retaining talent through change, Stephen Bevan, Dan Lucy, Department for Education, Nov 2018

Slides: What should HR be doing to create organisation agility?, Stephen Bevan, IES, Oct 2018

Improving health and employment outcomes through joint working, Stephen Bevan, ies, Feb 2018

Slides: Productivity: What is it and why does it matter?, Stephen Bevan, IES, Dec 2017

Slides: HR next generation: Reflections from UK and French early-career HR professionals, Stephen Bevan, Abrdn Financial Fairness Trust, Oct 2017

Slides: Working futures: Trends, myths and challenges for HR, Stephen Bevan, ies, Oct 2017

Review of DDRB Pay Comparability Methodologies, Duncan Brown, Catherine Rickard, Stephen Bevan, Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), Aug 2017

Slides: Organisational Change: The Shifting Landscape, Stephen Bevan, Department for Education (DFE), Jul 2017

Slides: Dementia at work: Setting the scene, Stephen Bevan, IES, Jun 2017

Slides: Working futures: When technology collides with culture?, Stephen Bevan, European Commission, Apr 2017

Slides: A history of the future of work, Stephen Bevan, ies, Apr 2017

Beyond Brexit: Assessing key risks to the nursing workforce in England, Rachel Marangozov, Matthew Williams, Stephen Bevan, ies, Dec 2016

A Review of Pay Comparability Methodologies, Duncan Brown, Stephen Bevan, Catherine Rickard, ies, Dec 2016

Slides 'Setting the scene', Stephen Bevan, IES, May 2015

Reward Strategy: A Practical Guide, Stephen Bevan, IES, Aug 2001

Does it Pay to be Family-Friendly?, Stephen Bevan, IES, Jul 2001

Attendance Management Strategies, Stephen Bevan, IES, Jul 2001

Managing Staff Retention, Stephen Bevan, IES, Jul 2001

Reward Strategy: Ten Common Mistakes, Stephen Bevan, IES, Aug 2000

Keeping the Best: A Practical Guide to Retaining Key Employees, Stephen Bevan, Linda Barber, Dilys Robinson, IES, Oct 1997

Working for Your Health: A Survey of NHS Trust Staff, Stephen Bevan, Capital Ambition, May 1997

Measuring the Personnel Function, Wendy Hirsh, Stephen Bevan, Linda Barber, IES, May 1995

Pilot Study of Teachers’ Motivation and Attitudes, Stephen Bevan, Public Appointments Service, Ireland, Nov 1991

Staff Retention in the Inland Revenue, Stephen Bevan, IES, Nov 1990

The Management of Labour Turnover, Stephen Bevan, IES, Nov 1986

Lessons from supported employment models – the value of placing job quality centre-stage, Bevan S, IEP Journal (p.5), December 2023

Employers can't fill vacancies, but many do surprisingly little to help workers return after a long illness, Bevan S, The Conversation, October 2022

Why supporting the mental health of European workers is an economic necessity, Bevan S, The European Financial Review, October 2022

How has government's decision to prolong home working impacted employers?, Bevan S, Employee Benefits, July 2021

4 reasons why workplace wellness efforts fail, Bevan S, Fast Company, June 2021

Pilates, fruit and Amazon's zen booths: why workplace wellbeing efforts can fall short, Bevan S, The Conversation, June 2021

Remote working: why some people are more productive at home than others - new research, Bevan S, The Conversation, April 2021

Obesity is one of the last acceptable forms of discrimination - but should it be a protected characteristic in the workplace?, Bevan S, Independent, [Online], January 2019

Cancer survival is on the rise, but return to work rates are not keeping up, Bevan S, The Conversation, [Online], December 2018

Workforce health: Why 'good work' trumps fruit and pilates evangelism every time, Bevan S, Bajorek Z, HR Magazine, HR Magazine, October 2018, October 2018

Letters to the Editor: Stigma of obesity, Bevan S, The Daily Telegraph: Letters to the Editor, The Daily Telegraph, 2 June 2018, June 2018

Obesity at work: Fighting fat or fighting stigma?, Bevan S, HR Magazine, [Online], June 2018

21st century workforces and workplaces: The challenges and opportunities for future work practices and labour markets, Bevan S, Brinkley I, Cooper C, Bajorek Z, Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury, London, February 2018

The woman who died from overwork and the perils of a low-regulation economy, Bevan S, New Statesman, [Online], October 2017

Travailler partout?, Bevan S, Les cultures d'entreprise européenes au défi d'un nouveau monde, Éditions des Ilots de résistance, , October 2017

Can the grim reality of published pay ratios really curb executive pay?, Bevan S, The Conversation, [Online], September 2017

Workforce health as a business asset?, Bevan S, Employee Benefits Magazine, Employee Benefits, [Online], May 2017

Can data and technology supplement the human touch?, Bevan S, Reba, [Online], Spring 2017

Managing fluctuating health conditions at work, Bevan S, What next for health at work? Five years on from the Black/Frost review of sickness absence, Unum, [Online], February 2017

Next generation HR: Part two, Bevan S, HR Magazine, [Online], December 2016

What does the future of HR look like?, Bevan S, HR Magazine [Online], November 2016

HR professionals are still the people who tell you that you can’t do something, Bevan S, Article, Personnel Today [Online], September 2016

Why mental illness at work need not be a solitary journey, Bevan S, Occupational health and wellbeing, Personnel Today (Online), June 2016

What can we learn from HR's emerging talent?, Bevan S, HR Magazine [Online], June 2016

Analysing, monitoring and costing labour turnover, Bevan S, Chapter in Research handbook on employee turnover, EE Elgar, June 2016

Workplace Health in the UK, Bevan S, American Journal of Health Promotion, May 2016

Supporting employees with terminal illness

Supporting employees with terminal illness, 16 November 2023

Worklessness due to ill health

SOM webinar, October 2022

Returning to work after cancer: Lessons for HR and OH Professionals

At Work Partnership 'Workplace Health 2022'

Return to work research, policy & practice challenges for the next decade

International Forum on Disability Management, Sep 2022

Good Work and Good Health - What the Evidence Tells Us

Stephen Bevan, Keep Thriving: Wellbeing Conference, February 2022

Obesity in the Workplace

C3 Collaborating for Health, October 2021

Wage Effects & Employment Discrimination

The Association for the Study of Obesity (AS0), September 2021

20 Million Reasons to Discuss Life After Cancer: Establishing a European Survivorship Day

Stephen Bevan, European Cancer Patient Coalition, July 2021

Good Work, Good Health: Securing Our Future

Stephen Bevan, Public Health Wales, July 2021

Health and Work: Healthy Ageing Webinar

Centre for Ageing Better, June 2021

Will the future of work after lockdown be flexible

Work After Lockdown, June 2021

Covid-19 and musculoskeletal Heath

Annual Conference of the British Rheumatology Society, April 2021

Covid-19 and the implications for employee mental health

Scottish Enterprise, March 2021

Cancer survivors at work - the unspoken truth

Health and Wellbeing at Work conference, March 2021

Managing job insecurity and creating better quality work

PHE / SOM, February 2021

Labour is not a commodity

ADAPT Conference, ADAPT, Bergamo, Italy, November 2019

Recommendations for SMEs and Impact of Technology on Occupational Health

6th Global Healthy Workplace Awards and Summit, Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces [Online], October 2018

Workforce health

6th Global Healthy Workplace Awards, Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces, Bergamo, Italy, September 2018

Mental health at work

Tartu Healthcare College workshop on mental health and employment, Tartu Healthcare College, Tartu, Estonia, September 2018

Workplace health and wellbeing: Where is the ROI?

AIA Regional Employee Benefits Conference 2018, AIA Group, Singapore, August 2018

Psychosocial health at work

Institution of Occupational Safety and Health Annual Conference, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), Nottingham, July 2018

Improving wellbeing and resilience at work - what the evidence tells us

Institution of Occupational Safety and Health: National Health and Safety Conference, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), Nottingham, June 2018

Future of work

GLC 10th HR Minds Digitalisation Conference, GLC, Vienna, Austria, June 2018

HR, technology and the future of work

European HRD Circle, European HRD Circle, Berlin, Germany, June 2018

Workplace mental health

Jockey Club TourHeart Project inaugural symposium on stepped care services and workplace mental health, Jockey Club TourHeart Project, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, June 2018

Chronic illness and employment

European Network of Fibromyalgia Associations awareness event, European Network of Fibromyalgia Associations, Valletta, Malta, May 2018

Incentivising better health in the context of economic contribution to GDP

European Association for the Study of Obesity Annual Policy Conference, European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO), Brussels, Belgium, May 2018

Discrimination in employment

European congress on obesity, European Association for the Study of Obesity (EOSO), Vienna, Austria, May 2018

Developing an evidence based health and wellbeing strategy in the Home Office

Health and wellbeing at work conference 2018, Sterling Events, Birmingham, March 2018

The future of work and ethics in HR

Presentation to Greater Brighton Metropolitan College students, Greater Brighton Metropolitan College, Brighton, January 2018

Dementia-friendly workplaces

University of Salford OneCPD workplace health and wellbeing conference 2017, University of Salford, Salford, November 2017

Why psychosocial risk must be a bigger OSH priority

European Health and Safety Management Forum, GLC Europe, Berlin, Germany, September 2017

Judge

5th Global Healthy Workplace Awards, Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces, Singapore, September 2017

How policymakers can help those with chronic pain thrive at work

Societal Impact of Pain (SIP) 2017 Symposium, Social Impact of Pain, Valletta, Malta, June 2017

Fibromyalgia and employment

European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, April 2017

Chair of judging panel

Good Practice Exchange Event and Award Ceremony, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), Brussels, March 2017

Sorting your staff sickness struggles

Spotlight Webinar, BrightHR, London, March 2017

Good Work and Good Health - Top Tips for Employers

Health at Work Best Place to Work: Health and Wellbeing at Work Conference 2017, Sterling Events, Birmingham, March 2017

WorkLife podcast

WorkLife Hub Podcast, WorkLife Hub, Soundcloud, December 2016

Balancing incentives, regulation and reflective bargaining

Job quality and mental health, OECD, Paris, France, November 2016

Best practice in employee wellbeing

Spotlight Session, Work & Well-Being, London, November 2016

The future of work and the issue of sustainability: Framing the issue

The future of work: A matter of sustainability, Adapt and University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy, November 2016

Health and work: The economic, political, legal and social consequences of ill-health in the workforce

PhD seminar on Health at Work, University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy, November 2016

The true cost of absence

Workplace Health 2016, The @ Work Partnership, Warwickshire, October 2016

Workforce health strategies – the role of good work and digital health in employee well-being

Employee Benefits Live 2016 Conference, Employee Benefits, London, October 2016

Identifying the challenges and implementing the strategies

Contributor, Annual Conference: Health and work in a changing world, British Safety Council, London, October 2016

Fluctuating conditions in the workforce: organisational and individual roles and responsibilities

The Third Annual Work, Health and Wellbeing Conference 2016, University of Salford and the International Disability Management Standards Council UK, Salford, September 2016

Working futures: Rhetoric meets reality

presentation to the Board of Unum, Unum, London, July 2016

The strengths and weaknesses of health and work strategies in global companies

Workforce health in global businesses, Willis Towers Watson, London, July 2016

Interventions – evidence and options

Wellbeing at work, The At Work Partnership, London, July 2016

Workforce health as an asset

Health at work metrics, World Bank, Washington DC, USA, June 2016

Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and Work Productivity in Europe

Societal Impact of Pain 2016: Time for Action, Brussels, May 2016

Working Anywhere: Digital Disruption to the Idea that Work is a Place

6th European HR Directors Circle Forum, Lisbon, May 2016

How Blue is the Thin Blue Line? - Police officers and mental health

Police Federation Annual Conference 2016, Police Federation, Bournemouth, May 2016

Overview of the current national policy and initiatives: What employers need to know

Health @ Work Summit, London, May 2016

Workforce health: what works and why?

Workforce health promotion, Cigna, London, May 2016

What Does 'Good Work' Look like in the 21st Century?

2nd Aviation HR Conference, Ground Handling International, Lisbon, April 2016