Stress at Work
- 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem in the course of a year.
- 1 in 10 people suffer from an anxiety disorder at some stage in their life.
- 1 in 6 people suffer from work-related stress to degree that it makes them ill.
- Over half a million instances of work-related stress result in absence from work.
- Stress-related absence costs UK employers an estimated £3.7 billion a year
- On average each stress related absence involved 30.9 working days lost, with a total of 13 million days.
- A total of 12.8 million working days were lost to stress, anxiety and depression in 2004/5.
(Source: Health and Safety Executive, 2007.)
Your duties
As an employer you have the duty under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, to assess the risk of stress-related ill health arising from work activities; and Under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 to take measures to control that risk.Doing a proper risk assessment for stress should help you avoid prosecution and litigations. HSE’ Management Standards pages explain a five-step approach to risk assessment for work-related stress.
Further information is available from the Health & Safety Execuitive. (HSE: www.hse.gov.uk).
How much do stress-related illnesses cost your organisation?
KEY provides quality and cost effective stress-management courses.
Stress-management for your employees will help to:
- Reduce the cost of sickness absence for your organisation
- Increase employee commitment and effectiveness
- Decrease staff turnover and improve staff retention.
Contact:
Gemma J.M. Bouwman
Clinical Psychologist
Cognitive Behavioural Therapist
01943 464229
info@keypers.net