Stress

Fresh guidance from the HSE on protecting remote workers during the pandemic

Empowering and supporting staff that have poor mental health can be a valuable facilitator in keeping them in work, as recent IOSH-funded research revealed

The best way to tackle stress is to address cultural issues both at an organisational and national level, writes Claire Saunders CFIOSH.

A quarter of young women say they would be reluctant to report sexual harassment at work for fear of losing their job, a study has found.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published new guidance on how it deals with reports of work-related stress, with a reminder that it is not the appropriate body to investigate concerns “solely related to individual cases of bullying or harassment, but may consider this if there is evidence of a wider organisational failing”.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to renew efforts to promote its management standards to tackle work-related stress after signs that the regulator’s Helping Great Britain Work Well campaign has stalled. 

 Safety & Health Expo is delighted to present its line-up of inspirational speakers set to entertain and inform at ExCeL London next week, on 18-20 June.

Safety & Health Expo 2019, the UK’s biggest event for health and safety professionals, opens its doors next week at ExCeL London, from 18-20 June for three days of product launches, business, learning and networking.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has introduced a stress management strategy after data showed that poor mental health was the biggest cause of sickness absence among its workers.  

Employers are being urged to invest more in training line managers, so they are confident and competent to support staff who are struggling to cope, after a survey found stress was a growing problem in UK workplaces.