One-Stop Guide to Managing Stress

According to the Health & Safety Executive up to five million people in the UK suffer from work-related stress, which costs society around £3.7 billion every year.  HR has a vital role to play in preventing and managing workplace stress more effectively.

The One-Stop Guide to Managing Stress provides practical information to help HR get a grip on workplace stress.  Written in plain English, the guide includes everything from the legal responsibilities of employers, advice on preventing and managing stress more effectively and detailed case studies showing different strategies working in practice.

The guide is written by stress experts Dr Joe Jordan and Professor Cary Cooper.  Dr Jordan was formerly a managing consultant with business psychology firm Robertson Cooper and is now managing director of Smithfield Performance.  He has advised on all aspects of stress prevention strategy for both private and public sector organisations.  Prof Cooper is a director of business psychology firm Robertson Cooper and is widely acknowledged as a world-leading authority on workplace stress.

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Contents:

Introduction
· The size of the problem
· The difference between pressure and stress
· In the eye of the beholder
· The stress response
· The prevalence of stress

Legislation
· The Health & safety at Work Act 1974
· Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999
· Working Time Regulations 1998
· The Protection of Harassment Act 1997
· Disability Discrimination Act 1995
· Case law
· How difficult is it success with litigation?

The business case for a stress prevention strategy
· Why develop a business case?
· Stress, absence and the business case
· Length of absence
· Case study

What to do about workplace stress
· The Beacon of Excellence Model
· Top management commitment
· Risk assessment
· Five steps to risk assessment
· HSE Management Standards

Developing a strategy
· Stress prevention strategy
· An example of a stress policy
· Participative approach
· Stress interventions
· General considerations
· Who is responsible for stress prevention

Case studies
· GlaxoSmithKline
· AstraZeneca

Resources

Jargon Buster

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