Are you aware of how stress in the workplace can affect your company?

Stress in the workplace is a growing issue

According to figures from the Health and Safety Executive over half a million people say they are affected by workplace stress and 13.4 million working days are lost each year because of stress and related conditions.  Focus can provide stress management training and stress audits for organisational analysis.

“If workplace stress could be identified by someone’s doodles or handwriting, it would be a lot
easier to spot. But often the problem isn’t identified until it starts affecting your company’s profits. In the current financial climate it’s even more important to address workplace stress – the main cause of staff absence”. 1
Health and Safety Executive (March 2009)

“The Confederation of British Industry estimates that 175 million working days are lost due to ill health every year. This costs the nation around £13 billion a year. The Health and Safety Executive estimates that 36 million of these are days lost because of occupational ill health. Mental ill health – mainly caused by work-related stress - adds another £8.4 billion to the bill, including a total of £2.4 billion which employers spend on replacing staff who leave their jobs because of poor mental health”. 2

Looking after an employee’s mental as well as physical well-being can have great benefits for the employer

The need for employers to look after their employee’s mental as well a physical wellbeing is growing all of the time. According to figures from the Health and Safety Executive over half a million people say that they are affected by workplace stress and 13.5 million workplace days are lost each year because of stress and related conditions.
Looking after an employee’s mental as well as physical wellbeing can have great benefits for the employer. Providing access to counselling in the form of an employee assistance programme can help reduce staff turnover, improve moral and relieve workplace stress as well as having a positive effect on staff absenteeism.

Focus Counselling Services can offer a wide range of services to meet the needs of your business or organisation.

1) www.hse.gov.uk/tacklestress (accessed 29/04/2009)
2) www.dh.gov.uk/en/News/Speeches/DH_083115 (accessed 29/04/2009)