Guidance- Safety reps guide to workplace stress
This guidance takes RCN representatives through the HSE’s Stress Management Standards and the process of conducting a stress risk assessment. The guidance covers how RCN safety representatives can get involved in each stage of the risk assessment process, with a number of case studies highlighting how representatives have implemented the HSE standards in their own workplaces. The standards can help in addressing issues such as workload, work patterns, and organisational change.It is hoped the new guidance, which includes useful case studies, will also help when members return to work following a stress-related illness.RCN senior employment relations advisor, Kim Sunley, said: “If you are a safety rep, find out if there is a stress policy where you work which is linked to the HSE Management Standards. If there is not, then set up a steering group and talk to HR about implementing it.”Work-related stress. A good practice guide for RCN representatives can be found at www.rcn.org.uk/development/publications
Guidance- Safety reps guide to workplace stress
Work-related stress has overtaken musculoskeletal disorders as the main cause of absence and ill health in the health sector. This is according to the Royal College of Nursing, which, in an effort to address the problem, has launched new guidance aimed at health and safety representatives. <br>
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