HSE Issues First Stress-at-Work Enforcement Notice

Every school, hospital and business in the UK faces criminal prosecution under the Health and Safety at Work Act unless it can prove that it takes account of employee stress and will introduce programmes designed to combat stress at work.

The HSE has issued an enforcement notice against West Dorset Hospitals NHS Trust – the first of its kind – giving the organisation until 15 December to audit stress levels among their 1,100 staff and introduce systems to reduce them. If it fails, it may fac... (184 more words)

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