Employers should do more to help stressed male workers

Aaah, therein lies the age old problem of "if it ain't broke don't fix it" and "ignorance is bliss" unfortunately contrary to social myth ignorance of the law has never been a defence how ever many have tried it over the years.

I'm sure it's more a question of not really knowing what to do rather than indifference to the well-being of the other 2 million plus reporting non-specific work related illhealth in addition to nearly 300k who have a nice or more obvious or tangible physiological injury that may be treated.

The more intangible cocktail of work related stressors resulting in psychosocial illhealth carries not only stigma and fear but a big qutient of where do you actually start knitting fog ?

Howeveeeer, whether production line or computer equipment or human resources all have a "given set" of optimum conditions in which they will operate well so perhaps agreeing these 'givens' in terms of operating conditions, planned or routine maintenance might just be a good place to start ?

Of course, many of these may already be part of existing policies just need implimenting - after all 'look after the kit and it will look after you' !

Actually although you are both right, there is a point I'd like to add.

I am a 'progressive' I used to refer to myself as a feminist, but its more than that.

The problem does stem from inequalities within gender, but IMO its unfair to label it with a gender specific tag.

Recently there has been some headway into making employers pay their female staff the same as their men staff, This still relies on gender, to be a truly forward thinking society we should accept that people should be treated fairly, regadless of gender.

Jennifer displays the anxieties that gender specific actions take, and indeed Employers really should do more to help stressed workers, men and women.

Actually admitting that you have a problem is more difficult for men. The situation is made even worse, when the person or manager who you work under has no training. My manager for instance commented " he is just a wimp" when someone else reported a mental health problem to him. I suffered in silence for years due to the excessive pressure that my company exerted to achieve unrealistic performance targets. This in turn lead to job insecurity.

This situation continued for years until I had a breakdown. I now no longer care what colleagues or manager think about me. I believe that more training on mental health issues should be provided by employers, for their managers.

Hear Hear, I'm all for this one.

However, the article seems to infer that adequate care is already taken of females requirements - if only that were true!

Adequate care should be given to everyone!