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Health and Safety Executive
Health and Safety Executive
Debbie ThiaraSenior Policy AdvisorHSE Health & Work DivisionEmail: [email protected]
For more information visit www.hse.gov.uk/stress
HSE’s Management Standards for
work-related stress
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What is work-related stress
HSE definition:
“…the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them.”
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Scale of the problem
• 13.8 million working days lost
• 245,000 new cases of work-related stress, depression or anxiety reported in the previous 12 months
• Around 530,000 individuals believed they were experiencing work-related stress at a level that was making them ill
• Each case leads to an average of 29 days off work
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Labour Force Survey
SWI Estimated incidence of stress, depression or anxiety(for people employed in the last 12 months)
Baseline
Target
150,000
170,000
190,000
210,000
230,000
250,000
270,000
290,000
2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08
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Health and Safety Executive
Health and Safety Executive
Work-related stress, depression & anxiety:
Industry statistics
Source: Labour Force Surveys, three year average 2004/05 to 2006/07
Incidence (new cases) of work-related stress, depression and anxiety, by industry sector: Rates per 100,000 employed
430
230
490
570
650
1110
620
1290
950
1050
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400
Manufacturing
Construction
Wholesale & retail
Hotels & restaurants
Transport, storage and communications
Financial intermediation
Real estate, renting & business
Public administration & defence
Education
Health and social work
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Health and Safety Executive
Health and Safety Executive
Work-related stress, depression & anxiety:
Occupational group statistics
Occupations with high incidence (new cases) of work-related stress, depression and anxiety:
Rate per 100,000 employed
Occupation Rate
Health and social services managers 2270
Financial institution & office managers 1620
Protective service occupations 1350
Teaching & research professionals 1330
Managers in distribution, storage and retailing 1060
Business and public service professionals 1060
Administrative occupations in government 1050
All known occupations 680
“ Teachers and research professionals are amongst the most high risk occupations for work-related stress ”
Source: Labour Force Surveys, three year average 2004/05 to 2006/07
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Health and Safety Executive
Health and Safety Executive
Work-related stress, depression & anxiety:
Stressful job statistics
“ More education sector workers report having high-stress jobs than across all industry – the pattern over time is similar. ”
Source: Psychosocial Working Conditions survey report 2007
Percentage of employees reporting that their job is very or extremely stressful
15.814.3
1213.6
28.7
21.6
16.1
19.1
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
2004 2005 2006 2007
Year
%
All industries
Education
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Legal requirement
• Duties under two pieces of legislation– Management of Health and Safety at Work
Regulations 1999– The Health and Safety at Work etc Act
1974
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• Demands
• Control
• Support
• Relationships
• Role
• Change
The Management Standards
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Model of work stress
Demands
CULTURE
Control
Support
Role
Relationship
Change
EMPLOYEES
Individual symptoms:• Raised blood pressure• Sleep & gastrointestinal disturbance• Increase alcohol/ caffeine intake• Increased irritability & negative emotions• Back pain: tension• Palpitations; headaches
Organisational Symptoms:• Increased sickness absence• Long hours culture• Increased staff turnover• Reduced staff performance• Reduced staff morale and loyalty• Increased hostility
• Coronary heart disease• RSI• Depression & anxiety• Burnout
• Increased overheads• Reduced profits• Increased accidents• Increased litigation
Palmer, Cooper & Thomas (2004)
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HSG218 (2007)
The Management Standards Approach
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Ph ase 1
• Started April 2005
• Approx 70 organisations from priority sectors
• Support from HSE inspectors, Occupational Psychologists, ACAS Senior Advisors
Stress Implementation Plan
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• Series of workshops, Healthy Workplace Solutions
• From Sept 2006 to March 2007
• Help and advice on the Management Standards
• Over 1480 delegates representing over 1000 organisations
Ph ase 2
Stress Implementation Plan
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• 56% agreed that the workshop has enabled them to present a convincing case for managing sickness absence.
• 72% agreed that the workshop gave them the knowledge they needed to take forward the management standards approach.
• 62% agreed that the workshop enabled them to convince other managers that changes in the way they manage stress and sickness absence are necessary.
Impact of the workshops
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Stress Masterclasses
Initial feedback– Overwhelming desire to take advantage of any
help available – About 25% wanted to overcome difficulties in
securing management commitment.– Around 80% were still at an early stage of
securing management commitment. – 92% of delegates felt that at least some of their
requirements had been met but more than half (52%) still had some unanswered questions.
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New Guidance
• Published in November 2007
• Aimed primarily at organisations of 50 people or more
• Cost £10.95• But it does include a
CD Rom!
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Summary
• Data suggests that the management of work-related stress remains a challenge
• HSE will continue to work with others to promote the use of the Management Standards approach
• Future focus will be on a more holistic approach to the issue of health at work
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2008 and beyond
• Further series of HWS workshops
• New revamped HSE stress webpages
• Targeting CEOs and Directors of public and private sector organisations with 500+ employees
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Further information
• Visit the HSE stress web pages
www.hse.gov.uk/stress
• Email us: