Stress
The Health and Safety Executive state that there are two main reasons for tackling stress in the workplace
To reduce sickness absence
- Work-related stress accounts for over a third of all new incidences of ill health.
- Each case of work-related stress, depression or anxiety related ill health leads to an average of 30.2 working days lost.
- A total of 13.8 million working days were lost to work-related stress, depression and anxiety in 2006/07.
To benefit your business
As well as reducing sickness absence costs to an organisation, tackling stress can have a positive effect on:
- Employee commitment to work;
- Staff performance and productivity;
- Staff turnover or intention to leave;
- Staff recruitment and retention;
- Customer satisfaction; and
- Organisational image and reputation.
The HSE have produced support and guidance sheets for people or compnaies facing stressful situations. These guidance notes relate to different stressful situations in different work environments and guide both employers and employees in how to deal with them constructively. Each of the following links to the HSEs PDF file.
- Stress - working relationships
- Stress - flexible working
- Stress - demanding job
- Stress - support
- Stress - clarity of role
- Stress - change
Should we, as Christians, be able to offer something more to deal with stressful situations?
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Christian emotional help and encouragement for anyone. Support for a wide range of issues. Particular focus on stress and work issues