For love nor money

It is widely thought that wages are the key, if not the sole, reason we work. But, says Adrian Furnham, there's no real evidence that cash either motivates or makes us happy.

In the line of fire

Redundancy looming? Don't take it personally. When reducing the head count, says Oliver James, it's not who you are but where you live that matters.

The question

Should employers avoid fat people, asks Tim Dowling.

Overweight people miss out on jobs, says report

Overweight people find it harder to get a job than their slimmer counterparts, an online survey of more than 2,000 human resources professionals by the journal Personnel Today suggests.