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Work-related Stress

Work-related stress is defined as 'the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them'.

About half a million people in the UK experience work-related stress at a level they believe is making them ill; up to 5 million people in the UK feel "very" or "extremely" stressed by their work; and a total of 12.8 million working days were lost to stress, depression and anxiety in 2004/5.

Typical triggers of stress include:

  • Lack of control over work;
  • Excessive time pressures;
  • Excessive or inflexible working hours;
  • Too much or too little work or responsibility;
  • Confusion about duties and responsibilities;
  • Lack of job variety and interest; 
  • Inadequate training and possibilities for learning new skills;
  • Poor work/life balance; 
  • Difficult relationships at work; 
  • Lack of support and lack of contact with colleagues;
  • Organisational confusion, restructuring, job change;
  • Uncertainty over job prospects.




 

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