After a detailed benchmarking analysis [9] on work-related stress management in different EU countriesdalso on the basis of the implementation of the European Framework Agreement of October 8, 2004 [2]dwe adopted a methodological path inspired by the UK HSE MS model, chosen for two main reasons: (1) the HSE approach and Indicator Tool have already been validated in the UK and Ireland on more than 26,000 employees; (2) speci c software has been prepared for data analysis [10e12].