02/04/2025
April is Stress Awareness Month
5 simple steps
Complete the 5 steps over the course of April to help to prevent stress and support good mental health of your workers:
1. reach out and have conversations
2. recognize the signs and causes of stress
3. respond to any risks identified by agreeing action points
4. reflect on the actions taken – have things improved?
5. make it routine to check back in on how things are going
Take your business to the next level
Preventing work-related stress, depression and anxiety is a legal duty, it’s good for business and it’s the right thing to do.
By being proactive, you can improve productivity, reduce sickness absence and help retain valued workers.
Work-related stress and the law
No matter whether you’re a small business or a large corporation, the law requires all employers to prevent work-related stress to support good mental health in the workplace.
The need for employers to protect workers from work-related stress, depression and anxiety falls under the provision in sections 2 and 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act
