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BT UNION HEALTH & SAFETY
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Workplace Stress A Facet Of Modern Life?
Workers are being asked about how modern work practices are affecting their health and well-being. Researchers conducting this year's '24-7 survey' say they 'hope employees in the UK will share their good and bad experiences in an attempt to discover more information about the true nature of modern working life'.
The survey is an annual research project conducted by the Work Life Balance Centre and the universities of Keele, Staffordshire and Coventry.
Julie Hurst, director of the Work Life Balance Centre, said: "There is some debate at present as to whether poor work-life balance is a major headache for British business or a modern fad that finds problems where they do not actually exist."
She added: "Last year's survey found that tired workers were making mistakes that cost money, compromise safety and even put lives at risk through a catalogue of mistakes. These included road traffic accidents, medical mishaps, and workers being contaminated with dangerous chemicals."
Steve French, an industrial relations lecturer at Keele University, said: "We know that there are many problems associated with the stress of high workloads, while at the same time many people enjoy the role work plays in their lives. We want to highlight examples of good practice in the workplace for making the most of the positive aspects of work and also mitigating against the negative. The survey has an important role to play in informing future policy in this regard."
Denise Skinner, professor of human resource management at Coventry University, added: "Many people feel that the cost of sickness absence caused by work related stress represents one of the biggest commercial and industrial challenges we face and that modern policies do little to help. Others feel that the problem has been exaggerated. By asking people for their first hand experience of their own working lives and about the interplay between work and family life we want to draw up a fuller picture of what is really happening."
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Source: Risks
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