Eight out of ten workers across Europe think that workplace stress will rise over the next five years
according to a recent major survey. The survey of 35,000 people in 36 European countries
has found that 80% of people thought that job-related stress would increase, and
52% felt that it would increase “a lot”.
The results were from the Ipsos Mori survey, conducted on
behalf of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), which also
showed that 86% agreed that good occupational safety and health practices are
necessary for a country to remain economically competitive.
The findings support a previous EU-OSHA’s survey on new and
emerging workplace risks (ESENER). This identified that 79% of managers think
stress is an issue in their companies, making stress at work as important as
workplace accidents for companies, the agency said. This is one of the main
reasons all stress management professionals who are ISMAuk members, state that all managers should be trained on how to manage and identify stress in the
workplace. This is no longer a luxury for organisations, no matter the size, that it is essential to
train managers on how to manage and identify stress effectively in the
workplace. The benefits are enormous such as reduced sickness absence, reduced
presenteeism, increased productivity which in turn impacts on the profits, a
fitter and happier workforce.
