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Managing Stress

Managing Stress. The Stress Management Society. What is stress?. The Stress Management Society’s definition: Stress ( noun) a situation where demand on a person exceeds that person’s resources or ability to cope. Is stress the main cause of sickness absence?.

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Managing Stress

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  1. Managing Stress The Stress Management Society

  2. What is stress? The Stress Management Society’s definition: • Stress (noun) a situation where demand on a person exceeds that person’s resources or ability to cope

  3. Is stress the main cause of sickness absence? • Workplace stress is directly responsible for 25% of sickness absence • Up to 75% of all illnesses could be caused by stress • Stress is linked to heart disease, diabetes, several cancers and many other serious health conditions

  4. What is the link between stress and absenteeism? • The human body is not designed to live in a state of stress • The immune system becomes suppressed • People are therefore much more susceptible to illness

  5. How to recognise the impact of stress on your organisation • Low morale, low self-expectations and consequentially, low productivity • High sickness absence, with adverse consequences for colleagues that pick up the work of those absent • High staff turnover

  6. Know your responsibilities Under current legislation, employers have two duties: • To risk-assess whether work activities cause stress-related ill health (under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999) • To take measures to control that risk (under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974) • Certain offences can now be tried in a Crown Court, of two year jail sentences and an unlimited fine. (under The Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008)

  7. Do you know: The cultural & commercial cost of stress and absence in your business? How you compare against your peers in stress and its management? From a risk-management point of view, how much you are exposed? What practical actions have you taken that have made a difference?

  8. The stress management standards • The Health and Safety Executive’s Stress Management Standards set out a structure for employers to follow • They cover several areas: • the demands made on employees • the level of control employees have over their work • the support employees receive from managers and colleagues • the clarity of an employee's role within the organisation • the nature of relationshipsat work • and the way that change is managed

  9. What action can we take? Follow our approach: • Understand the financial impact of stress • Conduct a stress audit • Write (or amend) a stress/mental health policy • Train your people • Put support systems in place • Incorporate wellbeing activities in your culture • Review and evaluate

  10. www.stress.org.uk 08701 999 235 info@stress.org.uk

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