Up to 79% of European managers are concerned by work-related stress, but less than a third have procedures to deal with it, the biggest workplace health and safety survey in Europe has found.
Four out of five European managers have their concerns about work-related stress, the ‘European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks' (ESENER) says, making stress at work as important as workplace accidents for companies (79%). Work-related stress is very acute in health and social work, 91% of companies regard it as of some or major concern, the figure is 84% in education. Jukka Takala, EU-OSHA Director, says:"Despite the high levels of concern, it is clearly worrying that only 26% of EU organisations have procedures in place to deal with stress. The survey highlights the ...
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