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NICE challenges employers to cut workplace stress

• 05-11-2009 4:45 PM

  hrmagazine.co.uk Joined on 05-08-2008 Posts 693	NICE challenges employers to cut workplace stress Reply Contact NICE - the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - will today launch new guidance for employers about how to improve mental wellbeing promotion. Read: NICE challenges employers to cut workplace stress.

• 05-11-2009 4:45 PM

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  Geraldine Lay Joined on 05-11-2009 Posts 2

  RE: NICE challenges employers to cut workplace stress Reply Contact This is great news! Working to extremely tight deadlines, as we do, causes major long-term stress. We have recently created a chill-out room and have organised a weekly yoga session which is available to all staff. We have also installed a small gym and already we are seeing many benefits. The staff are more motivated, and are dealing with stressful situations so much more calmly. More companies need to recognise that stress causes disease, sometimes disease that kills! Well done NICE!

• 05-11-2009 5:12 PM

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  Jeff Archer Joined on 28-10-2009 London Posts 5

  RE: NICE challenges employers to cut workplace stress Reply Contact We conducted a range of stress relief and relaxation sessions yesterday to mark Stress Awareness Day and what was great was that people didn't come along complaining they were stressed and couldn't cope, they arrived accepting that a certain level of stress is inevitable for most people and they were looking for new strategies and techniques to channel stress and deal with it positively. It was great to see people taking responsibility for themselves and seeking out proactive solutions.

• 05-11-2009 5:40 PM

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  Christian Zarro Joined on 05-11-2009 Posts 1

  RE: NICE challenges employers to cut workplace stress Reply Contact Mental health problems in UK workplaces are both widespread and largely invisible. Many employers ignore such issues, yet bear the consequences every day through reduced productivity and high absence from work. The NICE report highlights the preventative effect which well-managed workplaces and well-designed jobs can have on resilience. We need more UK workplaces to embrace these practices if the burden of mental health problems are to be reduced. Stephen Bevan, Managing Director, The Work Foundation