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Some statistics

  • Nearly 3 in every 10 employees will have a mental health problem in any year
  • Work-related stress is the reason behind over half a million instances of absences
  • Work-related stress costs UK employers an estimated £3.7 billion
  • Each incidence of work-related stress involves an absence period of approx 29 days
  • Work-related stress accounts for an average of 13 millions lost days
  • More days are taken off work for stress than backaches

What is a stress policy?

The development of a stress policy or mental health in the workplace policy is a formal written statement explaining what action an employer is taking with regard to stress-related problems in the workplace.The aim is to prevent stress-related problems from occurring if possible, but also to state what will be done if there are employees having problems. The core elements of a Mental Health in the Workplace Policy are:

  1. Commitment to protecting employee psychological health at work
  2. Definition of Stress and Mental Health
  3. Recognition that stress and mental health are workplace health and safety issues
  4. Acknowledgement of the importance of reducing workplace stressors
  5. A commitment to the policy and an outline of the responsibilities of both management and staff

 

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