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Obesity: bad for the bottom line?

The expanding waistlines of Britain’s population means obesity has become an issue that employers cannot afford to ignore. But how do you tackle it without falling foul of discrimination law?
 
  • 10 January 2012
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    Mental health - Dame Carol Black highlights the need for a huge shift in attitude to tackle the taboo of discussing mental ill health at work
     
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    22 December 2011
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    One of the hottest topics for PM news in 2011 was sickness absence, as stress became the number one cause of long-term...
     
  • 30 September 2010
    Stress guidelines CIPD Members or People Management Subscribers only
    New guide provides a starting point for understanding legal requirements about stress
     
  • 16 July 2009
    Award-winning research CIPD Members or People Management Subscribers only
    The winner of the Professor Ian Beardwell Prize for best research paper, presented during this year's conference, was won by David Marsden and...
     
 

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Language does not simply reflect what is going on in organisational life: it also influences what people think and what they do

Linda Holbeche, director of the Holbeche Partnership and visiting professor of HRM/OD at Cass Business School