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The recession has forced employers to increase their focus on management of stress among employees in the workplace, according to a survey by human resources website XpertHR.
Over half of the HR professionals surveyed felt the economic downturn had affected their organisation’s stress management measures. This compared with more than two-thirds at the same point last year, suggesting that budgetary constraints and having to deal with the recession had proved a distraction.
Nearly nine in 10 said they would step up activities to deal with rising levels of employee stress, although just four in 10 admitted to having provided training for stress management in the past 12 months.
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a downloadable tool to help businesses and organisations reduce the likelihood of their employees suffering from musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) of the upper limbs associated with repetitive tasks.
MSDs are the most common occupational illness in Britain affecting more than 500,000 people every year and are often linked to repetitive work tasks such as packing on a production line or the regular use of hand tools.
The Assessment of Repetitive Tasks (ART) tool, developed by the HSE and Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL), can help identify where the significant risks lie, suggest where to focus risk reduction measures and help prioritise improvements.