Workplace stress

What can be done?

Although a degree of stress is often necessary to feel motivated and enthusiastic at work, too much stress can cause ill health. In today's frenetic world, as many as half a million people in the UK believe that work-related stress is making them ill.

Click here to see what MIND has to say
about stress at work.

Stress related issues are responsible for a massive 60% of the 67 million working days lost each year, according to recent figures from the Health and Safety Executive. The risks of job stress to personal health and to the economic health of business are being increasingly documented. For example, the Confederation of British Industry has estimated that businesses are losing over £10 billion a year in lost productivity caused by stress.

Click here to see what the HSE have to say
about dealing with stress at work.

Companies now have a legal duty to take action. And it's in their interests to do so, given that a stress-free workforce is happier, more efficient and more productive.

Click here to see what the TUC say
about managers' responsibilities.

Click here to see what ACAS say
about stress at work