Cass Business School professor Cliff Oswick at the school's event on happiness in the workplace last year said happiness and wellbeing are not the same thing, but they treat them as if they are. They are a rhetorical coupling. Particularly since the start of the recession, workplace wellbeing has been high on the agenda for employers and more recently government and policy makers. As companies struggle to provide pay rises for staff, HR departments are seeking alternative ways of engaging with employees and boosting productivity levels. The word 'wellbeing', when used in the context of a workplace, often conjures up meanings linked both to mental and physical wellbeing under the umbrella of an employees' overall health. Reflecting these results, Robertson Cooper co-founder and professor of organisational psychology and health Cary Cooper believes that management has a key part to play in influencing the happiness of employees