Source: IRS Employment Review Date: 08/03/2010 Publisher: IRS

Managing stress at work: the 2010 IRS survey

TOPICS:
employee relations employee relations challenges and tools
health and safety health and safety management
employee health

SECTORS:
manufacturing (other)
public services
services (other)

AUTHOR: Rachel Suff


Latest IRS research examines the steps employers are taking to manage and reduce work-related stress, including occupational health provision and counselling.

On this page:
Recession takes its toll
Defining stress
The legal case for dealing with stress at work
Reasons to take action on stress
Research into work stress
Table 1: Research into work-related stress
Case study: Stress audits and focus groups at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Analysing the risk of stress
Table 2: Risk assessments for occupational stress
Case study: Solihull Community Housing takes early action to manage stress
Taking steps to reduce stress
Chart 1: Stress management measures
Chart 2: Measures to manage stress-related absences
Case study: Careers Wales West keeps in touch with absent staff
HSE resources on stress
Personal factors that can cause stress
Difficulties in measuring the outcomes of stress management
Chart 3: Impact of employers' efforts to manage stress
Box 1: Occupational stress management: feedback from employers
Our research
Additional resources.

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