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Stress

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) defines work-related stress as “the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them at work”. Employers have a legal duty to manage the risks to employees’ health and safety, including the risks arising from stress.

Stress is frequently identified as one of the biggest causes of long-term sickness absence in employee absence studies and surveys. Following a good practice approach to managing stress is likely to have organisational benefits for employers, including reducing sickness absence.


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    • Coronavirus

    Staff with long Covid should be treated as having disability

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Mar 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Mar 2022

    The EHRC's head of policy says that, in the absence of clear legislation, employers should treat staff who have long Covid as if they have a disability.

    • Stress
    • Age discrimination
    • Latest News

    Worker wins £22k following ‘old white man’ comments

    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Feb 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Feb 2022

    A worker who was called an ‘old white man’ by a colleague, whose comments eventually led to him being signed...

    • Stress
    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News

    Employees are tired, so how can HR help?

    by Harry Bliss 18 Feb 2022
    by Harry Bliss 18 Feb 2022

    Almost two years into the pandemic, the lines between work and home are increasingly blurred and this has taken its...

    • Stress
    • NHS
    • Latest News

    Government vows to tackle resourcing in health and social care

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Feb 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Feb 2022

    The government will work with providers to tackle culture and staff shortages.

    • Anxiety
    • Stress
    • Depression

    HR struggling because of increasing employee burnout

    by Nic Paton 4 Feb 2022
    by Nic Paton 4 Feb 2022

    Almost half of HR managers (45%) have considered leaving their current roles because of the pressures of dealing with employee...

    • Stress
    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News

    Survey: Engage with frontline workers or risk losing them

    by Jo Faragher 20 Jan 2022
    by Jo Faragher 20 Jan 2022

    Almost half of frontline workers in the UK are thinking of leaving their jobs because they feel disconnected from their...

    • Stress
    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News

    Avoid the employee wellbeing tick-box trap

    by Dr Chris Golby 19 Jan 2022
    by Dr Chris Golby 19 Jan 2022

    Most organisations have ramped up their mental health and wellbeing support since the pandemic hit, but are their actions actually making a difference?

    • Stress
    • Business performance
    • Latest News

    How an understanding of mental workload can boost performance

    by Andrew Mawson 12 Jan 2022
    by Andrew Mawson 12 Jan 2022

    Andrew Mawson discusses what employers can learn from research into how the brain manages its resources to conduct tasks, and the factors that affect its performance.

    • Stress
    • Financial penalties
    • Latest News

    University to pay £108,000 in compensation for failing to reinstate lecturer

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jan 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jan 2022

    A former University of Huddersfield lecturer who was dimissed for not having a PhD has been awarded £108,000 in compensation after the university refused to reinstate him.

    • Stress
    • Absence
    • Latest News

    Royal Mail absences almost double pre-pandemic level

    by Personnel Today 13 Dec 2021
    by Personnel Today 13 Dec 2021

    Royal Mail is experiencing staff absence rates around twice pre-pandemic levels, with many employees off because of stress or Covid-19,...

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Hybrid working

    OH urged to step up support during Covid ‘plan B’ measures

    by Nic Paton 10 Dec 2021
    by Nic Paton 10 Dec 2021

    Occupational health professionals are being urged to be proactive in helping employers make the transition to the government’s ‘plan B’...

    • Stress
    • Financial services
    • Latest News

    Stockbroker to allow unlimited holiday to stop burnout

    by Jo Faragher 19 Nov 2021
    by Jo Faragher 19 Nov 2021

    Staff at stockbroking firm FinnCap will be able to take unlimited holiday from next year in a bid to prevent...

    • Anxiety
    • Stress
    • Coronavirus

    Healthcare PTSD reported during pandemic often pre-dated Covid-19

    by Nic Paton 1 Nov 2021
    by Nic Paton 1 Nov 2021

    While some post-traumatic stress (PTSD) seen in healthcare workers during the pandemic was specifically related to their experience of Covid-19,...

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Stress

    Half of employees under ‘excessive’ stress

    by Nic Paton 1 Nov 2021
    by Nic Paton 1 Nov 2021

    Nearly half of UK employees (47%) say they have experienced “excessive” stress in their workplace over the past year, prompting...

    • Stress
    • Mental health
    • Learning & development

    Guidance encourages mental health training for managers

    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Sep 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Sep 2021

    Employers should give managers mental health training to enable them to facilitate conversations, health bodies have said.

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