stress

• What is stress at work?  more...
• Is stress a big issue at work?  more...
• What are the warning signs of stress?  more...
• What causes stress at work?  more...
• How does my body react to stress?  more...
• Can stress make me ill?  more...
• What are the long-term health effects of stress?  more...
• What should my employer do about stress at work?  more...
• Which jobs are most stressful?  more...
• Are women more likely to suffer stress?  more...
• What is the law on stress?  more...
• Do I have to work long hours?  more...
• I feel stressed. What can I do about it?  more...
• Should I talk to my employer?  more...
• I've been off work a long time. What should I do?  more...
• What are my legal rights if I'm stressed at work?  more...
• How should I go about doing a stress risk assessement?  more...
• Where can I find out more about stress risk assessments?  more...

further information

Health and Safety Executive site on work related stress - www.hse.gov.uk/stress

Worked To Death: Hazards Magazine site on stress and its dangerous implications for heath - www.hazards.org/workedtodeath

Books and leaflets

• Health and employment, available from the ACAS online publication service
• Stressed out? Unifi’s guide to coping with stress, Unifi, tel: 020 8879 4254, free.
• Guide to stress, AEEU Health and Safety Department, tel: 020 8462 7755, free.
• Surviving working life, Mind, tel: 020 8519 2122, price on request.
• Mindinfoline, tel: 020 8522 1728 or 0845 766 0163.
• Line manager’s resource: A practical guide to managing and supporting mental health in the workplace (2003), Mind out for mental health, tel: 0870 443 0930; www.mindout.net
• Working time regulations: A practical guide (2000), Labour Research Department, tel: 020 7928 0621, price £4.50.
• Work-related stress (1999), USDAW, tel: 0161 224 2804.
• Stress at work: A survey of 126 employers, Employee Health Bulletin, 11, October 1999, IRS, tel: 020 7354 6761, price £12 (single copy).