HSE guidance on the “primary sources” of stress at work

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The HSE Management Standards cover six key areas of work design that, if not properly managed, are associated with poor health and well-being, lower productivity and increased sickness absence. They cover “the primary sources” of stress at work:

• the demands of the job;

• control over work;

• the support from managers and colleagues;

• relationships at work;

• role in the organisation; and

• change and how it is managed.

These Management Standards are the basis of the HSE’s approach to tackling stress and are examined in detail in Chapter 4.