Why Manage Stress?

There are sound legal, moral and financial reasons for addressing the issue of work related stress.

Legal
The under the 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act, the legal position in the UK is that "every employer has a duty to ensure as far as is reasonably practicable the health and safety of his or her employee," and 1999 Regulations add that "Ill health resulting from stress caused at work has to be treated the same as any other health hazard and should be borne in mind when assessing possible health risks in the workplace".

Moral
It should go without saying that employers would strive to achieve the goals of the organisation without compromising the mental and physical wellbeing of their employees.

Financial
The negative effects of unnecessary stress levels in an organisation can be minimised. They may include high levels of absenteeism, accidents, poor decision making, loss of creativity, low performance, high attrition rates and long term serious physical or psychological illness with stress as a major contributing factor. 

How We Can Help

Staunton and Associates Ltd can help you to:

• assess whether there is significant stress amongst your employees

• identify the causes of stress, and who is affected

• quantify the causes and effects

• prioritise actions that you might take

• find ways of improving the situation that are acceptable to all parties