Employment Law Focus

Burnout and workplace stress

Episode Summary

With the World Health Organisation now classifying burnout as a workplace disease, employers need to understand their legal and moral duties to prevent, identify and manage this issue. In this episode hear why it's a growing issue, examples and top tips.

Episode Notes

Chronic stress impacts employee wellbeing, productivity and company performance.

With the World Health Organisation now classifying burnout as a workplace disease, employers need to understand their legal and moral duties to prevent, identify and manage this issue.

In this episode crammed with top tips and examples we look at:

What causes burnout, from workplace factors like always-on technology and a culture of out-of-hours working to external events like Brexit anxiety
How some companies are managing the risks, from mental health first aiders and regular wellbeing days to 32-hour working weeks and not delivering emails out of hours
The lengths employers can be expected to go to ensure that someone can remain in employment – but does extreme burnout always require an extreme remedy?

In our news round-up we cover:

A discrimination case involving an employee's social media post (read our latest article on social media issues);
New legislation and guidance on the use of NDAs or "gagging clauses" (read Siobhan's comments in People Management); and
Bereavement leave for pets – could this become law and how to deal with it.

Useful links from this episode:
The Stevenson / Farmer review
Equality Act 2010 Code of Practice
HSE stress risk assessment template

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