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Half day masterclass: Managing stress in the workplace

This is a past event

13th October 2009, 10:00am - 13:00PM, Hosted by Rolls Royce at their Bristol offices

Are you aware of stress among your work colleagues?

How would you deal with a staff grievance caused by stress?

Did you know that stress can lead to disability?

Due to popular member demand we will be running this event as a Hot Topic, to expand on the Telephone Tutorial and workshop we ran at our Annual conference in June 09.

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 Hot Topic will be chaired by Rick Williams, EFD Associate and Director of Freeney Williams, and will include case studies from Bela Gor, Legal Director, Dr. Su Wang, Group Head of Health, Royal Mail Group will provide a member case study. A personal perspective of experiencing stress as an employee will be provided by Steve Walter, Making Connections Matter.

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.
  • Reduce stress related absence and use policies and procedures to help you to prevent staff from missing work.
  • Learn from organisations that have adopted best practice policies and procedures in managing stress in the workplace.

Who should attend?

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