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Health and Safety Executive

Health and Safety Executive

Spectre of Mental ill health in

work :Pressure comes with Job

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Peter Kelly

Senior Psychologist

What we know about the Current

Work climate

• The Current climate offers some challenges and unique opportunities for the management of work related stress.

• Changes to the way people work are having implications on your role and on how you tackle traditional issues at work.

The truth about work-related stress

• No one definition but plenty of Google entries.

• HSE defines work-related stress as:

“…the adverse reaction people have to excessive

pressure or other types of demand placed on

them.”

HSG218 (2007)

The Management Standards Approach

Management Standards

Balance or Imbalance

The solution has arrived ?

Balance or Imbalance