Personnel Today offers a list of resources and references which can help you
better manage work-related stress in your organisation.
Websites
www.isma.org.uk International Stress
Management Association. Charity with a multidisciplinary professional
membership which promotes sound knowledge and best practice in the prevention
and reduction of human stress. National Stress Awareness Day organiser
www.workstress.net aims to educate
and raise awareness of work stress and to improve legislation on health, safety
and employment rights in UK and Europe
www.stress-ip.co.uk Stress in
Perspective. Ethical and professional consultancy providing advice and training
to help reduce stress in the workplace
www.cipd.co.uk Professional body for
the personnel/human resources sector. Useful links to information on stress at
work, how to tackle it, legal implications and more
www.employment-studies.co.ukConducts
research into workplace and employment issues, including stress and stress
related problems
www.theworkfoundation.com
Gives advice and training on work-life and stress-related issues
www.statistics.gov.uk Official
statistics, reflecting Britain’s economy, population and society at national
and local level
www.hse.gov.uk Health and Safety
Executive
www.hsebooks.co.uk Good for
searching HSE publications. Some can be downloaded free in pdf format
www.eoc.org.uk Equal Opportunities
Commission
www.acas.org.uk Arbitration and
conciliation service
www.tuc.org.uk Trades Union Congress
www.ilo.org International Labour Office.
Provides statistics on working hours conditions etc. See also www.eurofound.ie – the European Foundation
for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
www.cbi.org.uk Employers’ organisation
which offers advice on all aspects of employment
Useful organisations
Health and Safety Commission (HSC)
Tel: +44 (0) 207 717 6630
Fax: +44 (0) 207 717 6644
Stress at Work
Tel: +44 (0) 1604 259 770
Stress Education Services
Tel/Fax: +44 (0) 1560 486888
E-mail: [email protected]
www.stresstrain.co.uk
The Andrea Adams Trust
Tel/Fax: +44 (0) 1273 704900
E-mail: [email protected]
www.andreaadamstrust.org
Health and Safety Consulting
Tel: 07742 633129
Email: [email protected]
Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM)
Tel: +44 (0) 131 667 5131
Fax: +44 (0) 131 667 0136
Email: [email protected]
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
Tel: +44 (0) 116 257 3100
Fax: +44 (0) 116 257 3101
E-mail: Consultants’ Register [email protected]
www.iosh.co.uk
International Labour Office (ILO)
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7828 6401
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7233 5925
E-mail: [email protected]
www.ilo.org/london
Public Concern at Work
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 6609
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7404 6576
E-mail: [email protected]
www.pcaw.co.uk
Institute of work, Health and Organisations
www.nottingham.ac.uk/iwho
Publications
www.stress-management-nl.org/journal2.html
Official publication of the ISMA
Occupational Health
Leading monthly for OH professionals
For subscriptions, phone: 01444 445566
Employers’ Law
The monthly insight into the law at work
For subscriptions, phone: 01444 445566
Stress in the UK workplace
A comprehensive report on the findings of the October 2003 stress survey by
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Personnel Today One Stop Guide to Managing Incapacity
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Personnel Today survey: UK line managers – are they good enough?
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Stress and employer liability
Jill Earnshaw and Cary Cooper.CIPD. London. 2001
Tackling work related stress: A manager’s guide to improving and
maintaining employee health and well being
Sudbury. HSE Books. 2001
Organisational interventions for work stress
Tom Cox, Amanda Griffiths and Claire Barlowe Sudbury. HSE Books. 2001
Help on work related stress: a short guide
Sudbury. HSE Books. 2000
Occupational Stress
Industrial Society. London. 2001
Creating a stress free office
Simon Priest and Jim Welch. Aldershot, Gower. 1998
Managing organisational stress
Noreen Tehrani. CIPD. London 2002.
Available from www.cipd.co.uk/infosource/guides
Articles
Tackling the drivers of stress go toHow the NHS is managing stress go to www.doh.gov.uk/iwl/index.htm
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