June 10, 2026
11:00AM - 12:00PM
You may be familiar with the duty on employers to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of employees. While primarily employers have focused on the ‘safety’ element of health and safety, organisations also recognise that keeping people well is just as important. We have seen the approach to managing work-related stress within organisations change over recent years. Stress at work often results in civil claims for personal injuries. We have also seen a shift in the way that the Health and Safety Executive deals with work-related stress
Stress affects everyone differently. Managing the working environment and the various interplaying factors of work-related stress is complicated, with nearly as many subtle variations as there are individuals who are affected. It is trite but true that work-related stress is now the biggest cause of working days lost through occupational injury and ill-health. The three physiological processes of frequent stress, the inability to shut off and an inadequate response are often cited as the key stressors which affect mental health. Whilst pressure can have a positive impact on raising performance, when such pressures become excessive this can lead to negative consequences (McEwan, The End of Stress as We Know It, 2002).
But what is stress? How can we manage it in the workplace? How should we go about completing a stress risk assessment?
In this course, we will guide you through the legal framework and cover:
- Stress management awareness
- Navigating the regulatory landscape
- Stakeholder engagement
- Stress awareness and management training
- Stress management policy and procedure
- Enhancing wellbeing
- Avoiding claims
This webinar is aimed at those working in the education sector.