Stress prevention at work checkpoints : practical improvements for stress prevention in the workplace

Work-related stress is one of the most important issues in many countries.

The negative impacts of stress are multiform and can include circulatory and gastrointestinal diseases as well as physical, psychosomatic and psycho-social problems.

These in turn can lead to poor work performance, high accident and injury rates, and low productivity.

It is therefore of vital importance to optimise work conditions and organisation.

This manual includes easy-to-apply checkpoints for identifying stressors in working life and mitigating their harmful effects.

It also provides guidance on linking workplace risk assessment with the process of stress prevention.

The checkpoints in this volume are good practice for enterprises and organisations in general, and they are especially useful for companies and organizations that wish to incorporate stress prevention into their overall occupational safety and health policy and management systems.

Each of the checkpoints describes an action, indicates why it is necessary and how to carry it out, and provides further hints and points to remember.