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Stress Management Standard
We have recently delivered a our Stress Management Training for Managers course on a large scale to an International Infrastructure Group. This blog article links to course details, the trainer’s profile and comments from delegates.
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A brief article about the legal aspects of stress in the workplace, including Duty of Care, Risk Assessment, HSE Management Standards, Disability Discrimination, Civil Litigation
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In seeking to prevent stress, the aim is not to reduce pressure for the sake of it. The right amount of pressure can be motivating and good for both health and performance. However, excessive pressure or demands will cause stress, especially when the pressure is unremitting or ‘chronic.
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Taken from our one day Stress Management Training for Managers course these tips give managers a framework for providing support to their team.
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Focus groups typically involve around 8 employees, and are best facilitated by someone seen as independent by the group members. The purpose is to discuss work pressures in a semi-structured way in order to gather views about potential causes of stress. We recommend using the stress management standards categories as a ‘template’ for discussions. Focus groups…
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5 Steps to Risk Assessment In 2001, the HSE published “Tackling work-related stress: A managers’ guide to improving and maintaining employee health and well-being” (HSE Books). These guidelines encourage managers to manage and minimise the health risks associated with stress by taking a stress risk assessment approach. They advise managers to use the same five…
Read MoreThe HSE have published the 2008 Management Standards for Workplace Stress. The main benefit of the standards is that if you are planning a survey to assess the risk of stress in your organisation we can now compare the results with national averages based on real survey data. This results in more realistic improvement…
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