Good workplace practices can spot and resolve mental health issues

How confident are you that your managers support effectively their staff with mental health difficulties such as stress? Have you trained managers to understand how to deal with mental health problems and how to spot issues? Is there a fear of doing or saying the wrong thing? Did you know that a new report provides examples of how to get it right?

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Are your staff prejudiced against people who are obese?

‘Obese workers are unable to play a full role in the business,’ ‘they wouldn’t be able to do the job required’, and ‘they’re lazy’, were just a few of the comments expressed during a recent poll looking at recruitment attitudes towards obese employees. The survey follows a recent ECJ ruling about whether or not an obese person would be covered by the definition of a disabled person. What attitudes do your staff hold?

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What are your success rates for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller students?

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller students are a group of learners specifically identified within the Ofsted inspection handbook. Historically, this group do less well than their peers and there is a general lack of understanding on how to best support this group of learners to raise and achieve aspirations and ambitions. Did you know that Ofsted has published a good practice case study?

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Advancing equality awards

Did you know that the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) sponsored equality awards in March? The University of Essex won first place for developing an Essex LGBT alliance. Runner up, the University of Birmingham, advanced equality within employment practice. You may gain some tips from these case studies on how to advance equality in your organisation.

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Epilepsy in the workplace

If an apprentice or a member of staff disclosed that they have epilepsy, would your staff know how best to support the person in the workplace? Do they understand that they need to take a social model approach? A new guide from the TUC might help

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