“Pass” or “fail” the MOT?

If a workplace “fails” the MOT, the TUC advises safety reps to press for a proper risk assessment and stress audit to be carried out. As a guide, the TUC suggests that a workplace has failed its stress MOT if:

• more than a fifth of respondents exhibited one or more health symptoms in the ‘‘how are you?’’ section of the people survey; or

• there are any stressors where more than a quarter of respondents circled the top score of ‘‘5’’; or

• there are five or more ‘‘fails’’ in the organisation survey.

www.tuc.org.uk/workplace-issues/health-and-safety/european-health-and-safety-week/stress/tuc-stress-mot-people

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