Managers have
general responsibility for the health and safety of their teams. This includes ensuring that the team
are not affected by work-related stressors. Management style can have an impact on stress, so it’s important
that you are aware of good management practices and that you develop your
management skills. It is also
important that you recognise the signs of stress in your team and know what
support to give team members who may be suffering from stress. Specific responsibilities include:
- Conduct stress risk assessments within
their areas of responsibility and take action mitigate identified
stressors
- Ensure effective communication between
management and staff, particularly where there are organisational or
process changes
- Ensure that staff are appropriately
trained to fulfil their roles and receive opportunities for personal
development
- Monitor workloads to ensure that staff
are not overloaded
- Monitor working hours and overtime to
ensure that staff are not over-working and that they take their full
holiday entitlement
- Attend training in good management
practice and health and safety
- Tackle incidents of bullying and
harassment when they occur
- Refer to Human Resources or
Occupational Health any employee who presents with stress-related ill
health
- Offer appropriate support to employees
who are experiencing stress outside work
- Ensure effective PDR
- Hold regular 1:1 and team meetings.