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Department for Work and Pensions research: A third of employers offer stress management or support to staff
One-third (32%) of employers offer stress management or support to staff, according to research by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).The DWP's Health and wellbeing at work: a survey of employees also found that only 38% of respondents reported having access to occupational health services. This was more prevalent ...
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Healthcare Research 2011: Stress
The slowly improving economy has reduced the pressure to combat workplace stress, but current public sector cuts could create a new need, says Tynan BartonAs the economy has inched further towards recovery in the past year, fewer employers have implemented a strategy to reduce workplace stress. The proportion taking steps ...
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Grid research: Public sector workers suffer more from stress
Public sector workers suffer more from stress than their private sector counterparts, according to new research from Group Risk Development (Grid).The Group Risk Employer Research, conducted among 500 employers, found that stress is the biggest cause of long-term absence amongst public sector employees, running at almost three times the level ...
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Sequents launches stress assessment technology
Sequents has launched stress assessment technology, which employers can use to measure stress levels in employees.It allows employers to combat stress and absenteeism, identify and address issues within their organisations, and reduce costs and business risk through identifying areas of critical need.The Sequents Assessment Technology Test interprets the autonomic nervous ...
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Domestic and General offers free stress management workshops
Call centre Domestic and General (D&G) is offering free stress management workshops to its employees to promote wellbeing in the workplace.The workshops were first offered to team leaders and have now been extended to call centre staff. The workshops, which are delivered by Ingeus, cover topics including back, neck and ...
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Organisational change is a top stress factor for public sector
Organisational change is one of the top three stress factors for public sector workers, according to a new survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).Its Absence Survey, published in partnership with SimplyHealth, found nearly half (56%) of public sector employers cited organisational change/restructuring as a key cause ...
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Ukuleles help City workers beat stress
Making music with a miniature instrument is not the most obvious way for suited bankers to escape the pressures of the trading floor.However, for some City workers, playing the ukulele is the ultimate way of beating stress and improving wellbeing. It has been reported that since high profile business men ...
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Medicash research: Men more likely to be absent due to stress
Men are four times more likely than women to phone in sick due to work related stress, according to a survey from Medicash, the healthcare cash plan provider.In the survey of 3,000 workers, 20% of men admitted to taking two sick days in the past month because of stress, while ...
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Mental Workout launches online tool to reduce employee stress
Mental Workout has launched a new web-based stress management programme for employees to help employers increase productivity and reduce absenteeism.Its Freedom from Stress programme offers strategies and exercises for eliminating stress and enhancing overall wellbeing, which can be downloaded to a mobile device, computer or CD.Employees can complete a personal ...
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Property and construction workers hit the bottle to cope with stress
Property and construction workers are more likely than any other professional to turn to drink to cope with stress, according to a survey from Medicash.Of the workers in the industry, 47%, five times more than most other industries, admitted to being so strung out at the end of the day ...
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Employees feel more stressed at work than in home life
Nearly half of employees (47%) say that they feel much tenser at work than in their home life according to Aviva's annual Health of the Workplace study.The survey found that 50% of employers consider themselves to be good role models, but 45% also admit to being stressed at work.One in ...
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Linklaters launches stress management policy
Linklaters has introduced a stress management policy and an employee assistance programme (EAP) to support employees’ psychological welfare. The EAP, provided by Axa Icas, offers face-to-face and telephone counselling.The law firm has also set up a steering committee to ensure the stress measures are aligned with its business goals. The ...
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Employee Benefits Summit 2010: Panel debate: Stress in the workplace
Employers must take steps to proactively tackle stress, rather than avoiding the issue.Speaking in a panel debate on the second day of the Employee Benefits Summit in Monte Carlo, Dame Carol Black, national director for health and work health at the Work and Wellbeing Delivery Unit, said: “It is avoided ...
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Healthcare Research 2010: Strategies to deal with employee stress
The economic climate has receded as a reason for employers to implement a stress-management strategy and most still do not have one in place, says Nicola SullivanDespite the pressures piled on staff last year, there has not been a significant rise in the proportion of employers actively tackling stress. More ...
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National Trust offers stressed city workers bottled fresh air
In response to new research that shows 74% of UK urban workers feel stressed on a daily basis, the National Trust is handing out fresh air that has been bottled at some of the country’s favourite outdoor venues.The National Trust is offering 100 bottles of fresh air in recycled glass ...
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Fitforlife launches stress management tool
A new product has been launched offering ways to combat stress in the workplace.Fitforlife.tel is a structured six-week telephone programme, where a dedicated coach gives employees techniques on managing stress and anxiety, as well as teaching them how to adapt to change.The programme is targeted at individuals who feel their ...
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Staff who tell managers what they think of them are less stressed
Employees who are given the opportunity to criticise their boss face to face are likely to have lower stress levels and better health, according to research conducted by the British Psychological Society.However, it is not yet known what impact this kind of transparency might have on the wellbeing of line ...
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Stress management policy
As well as showing staff that your organisation plans to prevent stress, it needs to document how it will help potential sufferersFormalising an approach to tackling stress with an occupational stress management policy is a good way to show a commitment to tackling stress in the workplace.Vanessa Sallows, underwriting and ...