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Breakfast Seminar – Stress in the Workplace

Thu, 15 June 2006

Up and Working hosted the ‘Stress in the Workplace’ Breakfast Seminar on Thursday 15th June 2006 at the Cedar Court Hotel, Ainley Top, Huddersfield.

In the UK it is estimated that work-related stress is responsible for six million days of sick leave a year, with stress being linked to many minor and major illnesses. For most people, work is a significant and meaningful feature of life with the majority of us spending around 25% of our adult lives working. While work can provide us with structure, purpose, satisfaction, independence, self-esteem and spending power, the workplace can also be a setting of stress and worry.

The experience of stress is different for every person. Some people are affected more than others, so what is stressful for one person may not be stressful for another. It can depend on your personality type and on how you have learned to respond to pressure.

This seminar was designed to help employers and employees identify work related stress and to provide employers answers and ways of managing stress in the workplace so that you can concentrate on running your business. Subjects covered in the seminar were:

• Health & Safety Legislation Update
• Employment Law Update
• DWP Green Paper Welfare to Work – Empowering People to Work
• Practical Ways to prevent Stress
• Practical Solutions on Managing Stress
• Workplace Health


If you would like to know more about the above topics or speak to one of our advisors please contact us.