Stress Management
Employers are obliged to provide a safe working environment and to assess and control the risk of stress-related ill health (HSE 1999). But, controlling and managing stress is not clear-cut or straightforward. Specific environments react with particular types of people to produce stress. Equally, interactions between work and personal life can also contribute.
The UK Health and Safety Executive have found that work-related stress accounts for over a third of all new incidences of ill health. Each case of stress-related ill health leads to an average of 30.9 working days lost. A total of 12.8 million working days were lost due to stress, depression and anxiety in 2004/5.
Stress Audits
People-centric examine the corporate environment alongside individual characteristics. We can integrate specific questions related uniquely to your organisation - using the results to profile stress 'hot spots' and areas of resilience.
Counselling
Counselling is an important tool in managing stress. The Court of Appeal indicated last year that employers offering a confidential counselling service with appropriate referrals are "unlikely to be in breach of duty".
Training
Knowing how to recognise warning signs and how to manage stress is key to limiting legal liability and improving morale.
