Telephone tutorial: Managing stress in the workplace

6th May 2009, 4:00pm - 4.00pm

Free to gold members.  Please indicate your gold status when completing your on-line booking form to receive your free place.

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A total of 13.5 million working days were lost to work-related stress, depression and anxiety in 2007/08. 

Developing a working environment that promotes good mental health and encouraging supportive and responsive management practices is a core part of sustainable employment practices.

Whilst stress itself is not covered by the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), work-related stress is a leading occupational health problem in the UK.  

As stress related absence becomes more and more common, organisations need to understand what stress means and how to prevent and manage it in the workplace.  

This Telephone Tutorial will be chaired by Bela Gor, Head ofLegal Policy, EFD and joined by Professor Michael O'Donnell, Chief Medical Officer, Unum.

Why attend?

This event enables you to:

• Understand stress and how it links to disability, including the impact of long term stress and mental ill-health.
• Understand the difference between stress that is part of everyday life and can stimulate a workforce and stress that can have an impact on the mental health of a workforce (including external factors and pressures).
• Understand the legal obligations as an employer and how the law relates to employees who suffer from stress.
• Learn what reasonable adjustments can be put in place for employees, to create a healthier work environment.

 

Who should attend?

HR and personnel managers, occupational health professionals, health and safety managers and disability or diversity practitioners.