Stephen Bevan looks at how several methods of job crafting can provide ways to improve access to meaningful work for employees with a terminal illness.

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.

Stephen Bevan reflects on the main causes of health-related job loss among older workers in the UK, highlighting what can be done by employers to predict and mitigate the risk of the problem getting worse.

In an extended blog, Stephen Bevan considers the role of leaders and, drawing on personal experience, candidly reflects on his own tenure in several leadership roles over a 40-year career.

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.

To mark World Cancer Day, Stephen Bevan reflects on new IES research the looks at the impact that cancer has on the working lives of people living with the disease and those who care for them.

With the government once again invoking work from home guidance where possible, Stephen Bevan reflects on evidence-based research from the first wfh ‘experiment’ and highlights the resilience and agility of managers and organisations when needing to pivot quickly to ‘keep the lights on’.

To mark World Obesity Day, Stephen Bevan calls for action to tackle the systematic barriers to workplace inclusivity faced by people living with obesity.

To mark World Cancer Day, cancer survivor Stephen Bevan highlights how the Covid-19 pandemic may result in cancer patients dropping down the list of priorities for some employers - just at the time when they most need support.

Stephen Bevan looks at the impact of COVID-19 on the social gradient and the challenges facing policymakers if the social gradient graph in income and job quality is to be prevented from getting steeper.

In a guest blog originally published by the Society for Occupational Medicine, Stephen Bevan looks at the challenges facing homeworking parents and what bosses can do to both recognise and alleviate the pressure.

Stephen Bevan considers the plight of the many millions of new homeworkers and how this dramatic shift in working pattern could affect their physical and emotional wellbeing.

To mark World Obesity Day, Stephen Bevan and Zofia Bajorek highlight the stigma and discrimination that people living with obesity face in employment settings and reflect on what needs to be done to improve outcomes for workers living with obesity.

From the risk of over-medicalising to the need for workers to be treated as individuals, Stephen Bevan reflects on the recent IES health and wellbeing conference and pulls out five key takeaways to help navigate the challenges of effective workplace wellbeing

With the festive season fast approaching, Stephen Bevan looks at the principle of the 'right to disconnect' and considers if legislation or cultural and behavioural change is the best way to ensure quality downtime for workers.

Stephen Bevan considers the merits of job crafting, an alternative approach to traditional job design, that is gaining both practitioner support and an evidence-base.

In his latest blog, Stephen Bevan delves into the past to find that today's discourse on retirement age echoes that of the 1950s.

Stephen Bevan and Sally Wilson reflect on the meteoric rise of Mental Health First Aid but question the level of evidence that underpins the initiative.

Stephen Bevan considers the latest Department of Work and Pensions survey summary -looking at how employers are managing employee absence, health and wellbeing.

Stephen Bevan looks at the impact of Ford closing the Bridgend engine plant and considers necessary mitigating actions and valuable lessons learnt from previous plant closures.

Many organisations are hiring chief meaning officer roles. Drawing on IES research, Stephen Bevan highlights how these efforts may be misguided, and not succeed in making work more meaningful for employees.

Stephen Bevan, IES Director of Employer Research and Consultancy looks at the new NHS 10-year plan and sets out the key workforce strategy issues which will also need to be addressed.

Stephen Bevan discusses how reductions in sickness absence may be masking increases in 'presenteeism' - in turn contributing to the UK's productivity problems.

What role should HR take in preventing or mitigating an ethical crisis? Stephen Bevan considers what HR has learned from the 2008 financial crash and whether HR should act as the moral compass of an organisation.

What are the links between employee mental and psychological wellbeing and productivity? Stephen Bevan reflects on IES research on behalf of EEF, The Manufacturers' Organisation.

Stephen Bevan considers the prevalence of arthritis in the workplace and what should be done to help employees with arthritis to remain and thrive in work.

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?

Stephen Bevan reflects on the reasons behind the variations in public sector and private sector absence, and what is being done in response.

Professor Stephen Bevan responds to the announcement by Prime Minister Theresa May that the government will carry out a review into workplace mental health support.

Professor Stephen Bevan responds to the 2015 Chief Medical Officer's annual surveillance report and considers the impact of working longer, for both employees and their employers.

In the landscape of uncertainty following the Brexit vote, Stephen Bevan considers the need for HR and employers to focus on employee engagement.

Professor Stephen Bevan on the need for HR to be prepared to provide guidance around pension funds and employees' financial concerns in the context of uncertainty surrounding the implications of Brexit for the UK economy.

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

Stephen Bevan welcomes a new Arthritis Research UK report looking at the challenges at work faced by people living with a range of musculoskeletal disorders.

Stephen Bevan discusses what employers can do to tackle the looming problem of older worker health and how our European counterparts are approaching this issue.