Health and safety is good business

Please refer to other publications on Stress and Fatigue.

This booklet identifies the approach that the Department of Labour, the MSA and other designated agencies will take when considering stress in the workplace. It is aimed at Employees and Employers

Table of Contents

Introduction
What is stress?
How (and why) does stress affect us?
But we can’t live without some stress in our lives, can we?
Stress due to causes outside work
Individual differences
What are the effects of stress?
Causes of unnecessary workplace stress
Some features of poorly organised work resulting in unnecessary stress
Taking a realistic approach
Providing healthy work is a shared responsibility
What are the keys to providing healthy work?
What if a problem emerges?
When things go wrong
Help and information