Great Britain: employees are still stressed out

It has been four yearssince the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) proposed tools for the management of stress at work to companies. However, employees' working conditions hardly changed or even didn't, the governmental organization in charge of fighting against occupational risks points out. (Ref. 080767)
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The report on “psychosocial working conditions in Britain in 2008” published by the HSE in early October is as disappointing as the reports of the previous years. Working conditions between 2004 and 2004 “have not really changed” the study points out. It surveyed businesses on the six recommendations targeting work-related stress: working environment and workload; freedom to organize tasks; support from the company, the manager and the colleagues; creation of a context encouraging good labor re

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