Work-Related Stress: a Review of Developments in the UK

OHS Labour Review, issue no. 190
By N Ellis

In the United Kingdom, community surveys have shown that stress is a leading
cause of work absence and that work-related stress is a leading cause of
musculoskeletal disorders as a perceived cause of self-reported work-related
ill-health.

These findings resulted in the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
adopting stress as a priority issue and developing a ten year action program,
including the development of stress management standards which were released
in 2005. This article focuses on the potential significance of UK standards for
Australia.

(Journal of Occupational Health and Safety Australian and New Zealand. vol. 23,
no 4, August 2007. pp373-81)

Visit the Health and Safety Executive (UK) stress website