Britain’s workplace health and safety regulator, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), is calling on all employers during Stress Awareness Week 2024 to carry out their legal duty to prevent work-related stress and support good mental health at work.
HSE figures show the average employee suffering from work-related stress, depression or anxiety took an average of 19.6 days off work, almost the equivalent of a month’s working days, with an estimated 875,000 cases in 2022/23.
HSE’s Working Minds campaign provides employers with simple steps to prevent days lost due to work-related stress.
Whether work is causing a health issue or aggravating it, as an employer you have a legal responsibility to help employees.
In practical terms, that means doing a risk assessment and acting on it.
Get started in 5 steps…
1. Reach out and have conversations
2. Recognise the signs and causes of stress
3. Respond to any risks you’ve identified
4. Reflect on actions you’ve agreed and taken
5. Make it Routine to check in on how people are feeling and coping.
To read more about the campaign, and access online learning and resources: Working Minds - Work Right to keep Britain safe
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