Department of Biology
- Department of Biology
- Current staff and students
- Health and safety
- Stress 2
- Departmental management of stress factors
Departmental management of stress factors
The following describes how the Department aims to manage the different stressors that contribute towards work related stress and meet our obligations under the University’s Managing Work-Related Stress management procedure.
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) have identified 6 major causes of stress (‘stressors’ or ‘stress risk factors’) within the workplace that require good management. These include:
A 'Management Standard’ (MS) has been established for each of these stressors, describing a set of conditions that reflect high levels of health, well-being and organisational performance. If achieved, they should help control levels of work related stress in the workplace.
For each stress factor listed above, the following details are outlined:
- the management standards and ideal states to be achieved (i.e. what should be happening) for each ‘stressor' or ‘stress risk factor’
- current departmental arrangements / measures in place to manage each of the ‘stressors’ that could affect all departmental staff
- feedback from consultation exercises to identify issues requiring attention
- action required to address the gap between what is currently in place and what needs to be in place to achieve the ideal standard