As April is Stress Awareness Month, Dawn Faulkner outlines how Faerfield have been thinking about what employers can do to help mitigate the impact of stress on individuals and organisations

According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) stress occurs when ‘the demands on an individual exceed the personal and social resources they are able to mobilise’. It can affect every aspect of an organisation, from absenteeism rates to interpersonal relationships: last year, stress and anxiety accounted for 49% of all work-related ill-health cases and 54% of all working days lost due to work-related ill-health.

Around one in six employees are thought to suffer from stress in the workplace, and it’s vital to recognise the warning signs as early as possible, so that action can be taken before serious stress-related illness occur.