Benefits of tackling stress There are clear benefits to preventing work-related stress:
• quality of working life: employees feel happier at work and perform better • management of change – introducing a new pay system or new patterns of work are easier when ‘stress’ is managed effectively • employment relations: problems can be resolved at work rather than at an employment tribunal • attendance and sickness: attendance levels go up and sickness absence goes down
Not all employers will have the time or resources to follow all of the guidance in this booklet. For example, small firms may not be able to offer counselling to employees or to develop very formal induction systems