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© Workplace Law Group 2008 All rights reserved Depression in the workplace: legislation and recommendations Depression in the workplace: legislation and recommendations A new study by the charity Depression Alliance gives rise to some serious concerns about how employers are managing depression in the workplace. Of particular concern is the finding that many employees suffer a depression-related ,,stigm...
News analysis | 23 Apr 2008
"Performance Anxiety" might be a good name for non-clinical depression in the workplace as demands increase and any perceptions of control or any real sense of value that may support 'meaning and purpose' are eroded to the point where many "feel" more like wage earning machines. If we are going to redefine "reasonably practicable" in terms of health and safety resp...
Comment | 24 Apr 2008
In general, i see more company's that are cutting staff numbers to the bone and expecting, demanding in some cases more from their employees. Added to this peer culture in office environments with early start and late finnish, are we any closer to a work/life ballance than we were in the early 19...
Comment | 25 Apr 2008
...chool and charity, and days out for work mates. Mr Horton has repaid £300,000 and his house is being sold to repay the rest. The judge said it was a "sad" case and remarked that Mr Horton is "a decent man who fell foul and behaved badly". He noted that Mr Horton had been suffering from anxiety and depression. 32645 Council's equal pay appeal rejected Hundreds of female Council workers are set to receive compensation after an equal pay case. Bury Metropolitan Borough Council has lost its appeal against a Tribunal ruling that women were entitled to the same bonuses as men in similar low-paid jobs. Over ...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011
.... Mr Stephens was awarded £11,350 for unfair dismissal. 33425 Employee awarded £142,000 in racial discrimination case A Brazilian office worker has won £142,000 in compensation following 18 months of racial bullying. Licia Faithful complained that she suffered post traumatic stress disorder and depression after being ridiculed by co-workers who recorded her voice, laughing and mimicking her accent. The judge ruled that Mrs Faithful had suffered the "most serious case of discrimination" and had been treated "less favourably on the grounds of race". 33346 Minister wins right to sue for unfair dismiss...
Magazine issue | 3 May 2011
...cking. Workers have the right to earn a decent living in a safe environment.“They need to be treated with respect and not forced to take time off work because bullying has made them ill. Only last week figures showed that 13.7 million working days are lost every year as a result of stress and depression in the workplace.“It makes sound moral and financial sense to look after your workforce.We will continue to campaign for specific legislation, which will outlaw workplace bullying, ensure employers develop anti-bullying policies and aid bullied workers through Employment Tribunals.”He also ...
News | 10 Nov 2009
... a company, in terms of financial savings, increased employee morale, and improved corporate image. See www.workplacelaw.net/bookshop/ specialReports/id/640. Poor working environment and mental wellbeing According to the CIPD, the main causes of absence from work are back pain, stress, anxiety and depression. Mental health does not end with stress; employees may also suffer with other mental conditions. Therefore, maintaining mental wellbeing is an important aspect of employment and it is worth employers investing in a healthy working environment. If given the right support, people do not develop work-...
Magazine issue | 7 Jul 2009
...rkers need two things emotional support and systems that protect their safety," says Jo Walker from the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, the charity set up to raise awareness of personal safety. "They, more than most other types of employees, are vulnerable to violence and aggression, as well as feelings of depression, isolation and stress. "Without a good communication system, loneworkers can be put at greater risk and quickly become isolated and may feel undervalued. It is of benefit to both the individual and the organisation as a whole to ensure that loneworkers have all the necessary communication and back...
Magazine issue | 5 Jun 2008
...ing days each year. It encourages employers to identify and manage work related stress, monitor the impact of interventions and disclose occupation health information. Key points and issues raised in the survey: A significant problem: stress, and common stress-related complaints such as depression and anxiety, are now the biggest cause of sickness absence in the UK. A substantial cost: Henderson Global’s cost models estimate the direct costs of absence due to stress, depression and anxiety could reach £18 - 24 million a year for a hypothetical firm in the transport & communication s...
News | 28 Feb 2006
...te time. He also had to work alone, pushing six or seven foot-high cages, containing goods to be put on shelves, around the store and was subjected to insults about his height from his supervisor, Vera Barsby. Eventually, Mr English was forced to sign off sick suffering from work-related stress and depression. He was prescribed anti-depressants and remained off work for six weeks. Employment solicitor Joanna Scales who represented Mr English explained: `I'm very pleased that the panel has ruled that Mr English was discriminated against under the Disability Discrimination Act. He has yet to be awarded da...
Magazine issue | 15 Dec 2004
...learning Study when you want 3. Refresher Revisit key topics from the Managing Safely course 9 February 2011, London 06 LEGAL CALENDAR Key legislative dates for 2011. heaLth and safety and enViROnMent uPdate 07 NEWS Employers advised to take steps to prevent slips and falls on their property; and depression not seen as a good reason for time off. 26 the first monetary penalties for breaches of the Data Protection Act; and serial litigants warned they could be liable for costs. 44 26 AChIEvING ExCELLENCE M Moser has worked on some of the most prestigious refurbishment projects in the country. With th...
Magazine issue | 4 Jan 2011
workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace March 2005 PLAYING WITH NUMBERS Is TUPE about to become clear? IDENTITY CRISIS The changing face of security UNDER THE INFLUENCE Is there a place for alcohol at work? PLUS: Religion in the workplace, pensions and TUPE, age discrimination IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT CONTE...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2005
...atric harm following a car crash in which he was exposed to but escaped instant physical harm was distinguishable. There the mechanism which caused the psychiatric harm was the same mechanism as had almost resulted in physical harm i.e. the crash. By contract, the mechanism which caused Mr Grieves' depression was his doctor telling him that he that he had slight pleural thickening in 2000 and not the defendants' breach of duty 20 years earlier. This decision has understandably caused an outcry on behalf of claimants, and, as happened after the decision of the House of Lords in Barker v. Corus [see page ...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2008
... clear to see that the issue of mental health discrimination is one that employers and government both have to face. A recent survey by Shaw Trust suggests that employers often underestimate the extent to which employees are suffering from mental health problems, in particular stress, anxiety and depression. Around three in every ten employees will experience stress, depression or some other form of mental ill health in any year; yet only around one in six employers recognise this national average is likely to apply to their people. General lack of education about mental health issues can give rise,...
News | 24 Apr 2007
...nsidered to be relevant to a minority of employees, and to certain occupations where employees would be exposed to specific hazards and risks. However, another occupational health concept has grown in importance over the past 10-20 years -- the idea of employee `wellness'. Issues such as stress and depression have become increasingly prominent. Plus, there is now a greater understanding of how the health and welfare of employees, in and out of work, has a real impact on what they do in work. This is combined with a growing realisation by employers about the damaging effect employee absence and ill healt...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2007
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Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2006
...d `anxiety' within the remit of the DDA and could well result in more employers themselves feeling stressed by this change to legislation. Stress is already described as the new back pain. A recent article in the British Medical Journal confirmed that the most common reason for absence from work is depression and anxiety. Stress in the workplace raises many genuine areas of concern but it also presents `opportunities' for the unscrupulous employee. How many employers reading this article have been faced with the employee who goes off sick with stress and anxiety when faced with a performance management ...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005
...d `anxiety' within the remit of the DDA and could well result in more employers themselves feeling stressed by this change to legislation. Stress is already described as the new back pain. A recent article in the British Medical Journal confirmed that the most common reason for absence from work is depression and anxiety. Stress in the workplace raises many genuine areas of concern but it also presents `opportunities' for the unscrupulous employee. How many employers reading this article have been faced with the employee who goes off sick with stress and anxiety when faced with a performance management ...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005
.... The company has over 1,500 staff and in common with many companies has recently developed a large increase in the number of days lost to stress. Here David Woollcott of PME explains the steps the company has taken to resolve the issue. In 1999, there were no recorded reasons of stress, anxiety or depression given for absence. By 2003, the recorded number of days lost for these reasons had increased significantly and had become the biggest reason stated on medical certificates for absenteeism. In September 2003, we employed an occupational health organisation to assist us in managing absence throughout...
Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2004
...e automatic "phased return to work", which seems in some workplaces now to be a "right" is often a pointless waste of time. On the other hand, restricting all employees to a maximum of a 4-week period, as some employers choose to do, is not likely to be helpful to somebody recovering from long-term depression or chronic fatigue. It is not for me to say that they are wrong to do so, because it is not for me to say what is reasonable for the continuance of their business, but I can point out that this approach may not see the employee maintaining the return to work. It really is time to separate good p...
Comment | 13 Jul 2009