New website to tackle work-related stress aimed at directors
March 23rd 2009 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a new stress website designed to help businesses prevent work-related stress.
The website includes updated advice and guidance, tools to help prevent stress at work, a self-assessment questionnaire for line managers, case studies and good practical examples of things that have worked well for other organisations. The focus of the new website will be the Management Standards for work-related stress which have already been used successfully by many organisations.
Last year in Great Britain a total of 13.5 million days were lost to work-related stress. It is a major cause of occupational ill health. It is a major cause of occupational ill health resulting in sickness absence, high staff turnover and poor performance for organisations. HSE’s Management Standards can help to manage the issue sensibly and minimise the impact of work-related stress on businesses.
The website will be of interest to both old and new users. With its revised tools, fully updated design and layout, current users will be able to access the information they need easily. HSE is very keen to encourage as many organisations as possible to adopt the management standards approach.
Company directors and human resource managers need to take the lead on dealing with work-related stress. Stress costs you, your employees and your organisation and following the management standards could help to reduce the impact on your business.
To find out how the management standards can work for you log onto www.hse.gov.uk/stress
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