looking at management styles. Do you or your managers think you’re being strong and directive, while really you’re
creating unreasonable demands on your workers?
looking for organisational change, unrelenting or unreasonable deadlines and workloads, uncertainty about
job security, or poor or inappropriate work systems
A looking at the physical work environment. For example, noise, temperature, vibration, dust and lighting can affect
a worker’s comfort and performance, and might contributeto or worsen their response to other causes of stress
A seeing if there have been changes in people’s behaviour and working relationships
A looking for signs of stress (see How can workplace stressaffect your health? on page 3)
A considering if you have any vulnerable workers. This includes anyone in contact with the public (especially if
there is likely to be verbal or physical confrontation), those with a lack of personal control over their work; or those
whose skills don’t match the job they are doing.