Stress Management
"Work-related stress is a major cause of occupational ill health. That means sickness absence, high staff turnover and poor performance in your organisation. HSE's Management Standards will help you, your employees and their representatives manage the issue sensibly and minimise the impact of work-related stress on your business. In fact, it might help you improve organisational performance."
Source: The Health and Safety Executive
Stress Management has been developed to train:
All staff on:
- The symptoms of stress.
- Ways of coping with stress.
- Understanding the difference between pressure and stress
It trains managers on:
- Understanding the legal framework for issues around stress in the workplace.
- The Health and Safety Executives management standards for work related stress.
- Understanding their duty of care for staff working for them and their responsibility for tacking stress in the workplace.
The course was developed by Marshall ACM initially for Markel International but have now extended the programme to offer both public and private sector versions.