Stress is one of the most common
problems of the modern workplace,
affecting the mental and physical wellbeing
of more than 40 million
workers in the European Union each
year, with costs to business being
estimated at €20million.

The British Standards Institution
(BSI) has published PAS 1010
Guidance on the management of
psychosocial risks in the workplace
which will help assessors address this
area of workplace health.

An organisation should manage its
psychosocial risks, as much as its
organisational culture and employee
relations, to ensure that it is taking
action to protect itself from poor
performance and from being sued.

Psychosocial risk is covered by the
European Council Directive
89/391/EEC, which stipulates the
assessment and management of all
types of risks to workers’ health as the
employers’ responsibility.