In Equilibrium’s final newsletter of 2017 featured work-related stress, depression or anxiety statistics recently released by the HSE and a study by Deloitte into mental health and wellbeing in employment.
The Summer edition of our newsletter featured the results of 2 surveys – the 2016 CIPD Absence Management Survey & NatCen’s 2015 Social Attitudes Survey which included 40 questions about mental health problems and mental wellbeing.
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
What is Burnout?
Burnout is a state of emotional, mental and physical exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. It occurs when you feel overwhelmed and unable to meet constant demands.
A look at the external articles which featured in the first edition of our bi-monthly newsletter “In Equilibrium” in 2014
Stress is, for the first time, the most common cause of long-term sickness absence for both manual and non-manual employees, according to this year’s Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)/Simplyhealth Absence Management survey
CIPD highlights importance of strong absence management in UK organisations in response to TUC research
Stress-related absence can appear to be a difficult issue for managers to deal with. There is still a stigma associated with mental health problems. Managers are often reluctant to communicate with absent employees because they fear they will be accused of bullying and harassment.
