Stress is a major cause of sickness absence in the workplace. It affects individuals, their families and colleagues by impacting on their health but it also impacts on employers with costs relating to sickness absence, replacement staff, lost production and increased accidents.
Stress has been defined in different ways over the years. Originally stress was believed to be caused by the environment in which one was put or found oneself, then later as ‘a strain from within’. Today the definition focusses on both the situation and the individual. Basically stress results from a lack of a person’s ability to cope with the demands and pressures of a situation.
At one time or another most of us will experience stress in one form or another. Some individuals find stress motivating whilst in others it can potentially lead to ill health.
This document will focus on work-related stress, its causes, signs and symptoms but also on what a manager is required to do to meet legal requirements.
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