newsThis year’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work, on Thursday 28th April, focuses on the challenge of workplace stress. Positive Response, which helps businesses protect staff from verbal abuse and physical threat, urges organisationsto remember that aggressive behaviour, violence and crime can be a major contributor to stress and unhappiness at work for front-line staff.
newsNew research carried out by facilities and building maintenance specialist Direct365 has revealed that one in three people in the UK believe that their employer could be doing more to improve health and safety in the workplace.
newsA survey amongst construction worker members of UCATT has revealed very real concerns about the prevalence of mental health problems in the industry.
newsA powerful new film launched by the British Safety Council shows how stress can lead to injury and fatalities at work.
newsA recent survey has revealed that more than one in three people have no one to talk to about work-related stress.
newsDrivers who suffer stress are more likely to be in a road crash, warns a road safety organisation as people return to work and school in ‘Stresstember’ – the month identified by health professionals as being one of the most stressful.
articleWe all have different capacities for stress in our lives but making sure our stress bucket doesn’t overflow can be a challenge. With 70 million days lost from work each year due to mental health, Joanne Hankinson, HR business partner at building materials supplier, Aggregate Industries, discusses how businesses can help increase employees’ resilience to stress-related conditions to reduce the impact on both themselves and their organisation.
newsUK employees are working an additional 66million hours of overtime each week, without being compensated, according to a new report.
newsFigures released in the fourth annual Employee Insight Report from Capita reveal that one in four workers (26%) say they have complained to their employers about feeling stressed but have received no support.
newsPeople are finding workplace pressures increasingly difficult to deal with and often more stressful than personal issues, according to new research from Bupa UK.
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