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08/11/2005
CIPD urges employers to take stress seriously
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has urged employers to focus on work related stress after a recent CIPD survey found that stress related absence is continuing to rise with nearly 40% of employers reporting an increase.
With CIPD research revealing that the average cost of absence per year is now £601 per employee, CIPD Employee Relations Adviser, Ben Willmott, said managing workplace stress was a growing challenge for employers.
"Stress has implications in the workplace both in terms of employee wellbeing and business effectiveness," he said. "It is important that employers take the problem seriously – a written policy can ensure workplace stress is managed consistently across the organisation and also show that the issue is seen as a priority.”
According to the research, the number one cause of work related stress was workload/ volume of work (58%). Organisational change/ restructuring (34%) and pressure to meet targets (32%) were other keys factors in work related stress.
Relationships at work and management style are also rated highly as causes of stress.
The report Employee Absence 2005 sets out the findings of the fifth annual survey in this area by the CIPD. Some 1,038 organisations responded to the postal questionnaire sent out to people management professionals in March 2005. Organisations from across the public and private sectors are represented in the sample.
(MB/SP)
With CIPD research revealing that the average cost of absence per year is now £601 per employee, CIPD Employee Relations Adviser, Ben Willmott, said managing workplace stress was a growing challenge for employers.
"Stress has implications in the workplace both in terms of employee wellbeing and business effectiveness," he said. "It is important that employers take the problem seriously – a written policy can ensure workplace stress is managed consistently across the organisation and also show that the issue is seen as a priority.”
According to the research, the number one cause of work related stress was workload/ volume of work (58%). Organisational change/ restructuring (34%) and pressure to meet targets (32%) were other keys factors in work related stress.
Relationships at work and management style are also rated highly as causes of stress.
The report Employee Absence 2005 sets out the findings of the fifth annual survey in this area by the CIPD. Some 1,038 organisations responded to the postal questionnaire sent out to people management professionals in March 2005. Organisations from across the public and private sectors are represented in the sample.
(MB/SP)
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