Managers guide to stress

In line with the requirements of The Health and Safety at Work Act and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations, we are committed to doing all that is reasonably practicable to identify, manage and reduce the factors that can lead to stress at work.

The Health and Safety Executive stress management standards provide a framework for measuring performance in how we manage work related stress.  Each stress management standard provides simple statements about good management practice in each of the six areas.  The Stress at Work policy has been developed to support the achievement of the HSE stress management standards across the Council. 

The management standards are:

Demands

Employees indicate that they are able to cope with the demands (workload, work patterns and work environment) of their jobs.

Control

Employees indicate that they are able to have a say about the way they do their work.

Support

Employees indicate that they receive adequate encouragement, information and support from their colleagues and managers.

Relationships

Employees indicate that they are not subjected to unacceptable behaviours, e.g. bullying at work.

Role

Employees confirm that they understand their role and responsibilities and that they do not have conflicting roles and responsibilities.

Change

Employees indicate that the organisation engages them frequently when undergoing any organisational change.

This achievement of the work related stress management standards is dependent of the effective application of a wide range of existing Council policies and procedures.  At the heart of all the related procedures is the commitment of us to the health safety and wellbeing of its employees.