The HSE management standards



The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) management standards on workplace stress provide a good benchmark for measuring the employer’s actions in the context of mental wellbeing at work and can be useful when representing members off work with mental health conditions. The six standards: demands, control, support, relationships, role and change, try to identify the main sources of stress at work. They help highlight the collective, organisational causes of work-related mental ill-health such as: working hours, workload, and effective leadership and line management.



There is advice for reps on using the management standards on the Health and Safety Executive website and in LRD’s annual guide, Health and Safety Law. There is also a TUC guide, available from the TUC website.