Championing a stress-free workplace: The business case for managing stress

Author: Ivan Robertson, co-founder of Robertson Cooper, an organisation specialising in stress management, employee wellbeing, engagement and resilience.

Overview

This series of Leading practice guides focuses on what employers can do to deter stress and, where employees experience stress, support them, including by promoting mental wellbeing. Here, we discuss the business benefits of proactively minimising and managing stress, including the legal duty employers have with regards to employees' health and safety. This is the first in our series of four guides:

• Championing a stress-free workplace: Understanding the causes of stress
• Championing a stress-free workplace: Foundations for success
• Championing a stress-free workplace: Steps to prevent and manage stress