Posted By garyh
I am looking for a "real example" of such an assessment to use in training staff to be able to do stress RAs. I would like good and bad examples of this type of assessment to get them to review.

Has anyone got anything they can share with me (I will of course take out all organisation references etc) please.

Many thanks in anticipation.

Posted By B Smart
Hi Garyh

When developing a stress Risk Assessment I used the HSE's Stress Management Standards as guidance. Find out more at http://www.hse.gov.uk/st.../standards/standards.htm
Hope this helps

B. Smart

Posted By Kieran J Duignan
Garyh

The HSE Managment Standards are indeed useful as a framework for guidance on assessing risks associated with stress.

It's also vital that those learning to assess risks of stress understand the relevant law, i.e. the HSC Management of Health and Safety at work Regulations 1992 and what the ACOP specifies about the process of risk assessment and record-keeping.

You can get really true-to-life examples of bad risk assessments by looking up the Court of Appeal judgments which found employers guilty of negligence about management employee stress, especially the cases of Hatton, and in February this year, of Daw.

The most serious cost of letting stress problems unravel is the loss of management time. So, whenever stress gets out of hand - i.e. when an employee complains of it more than once - it may be most cost-effective to involve an independent chartered occupational psychologist (ideally one who's also a chartered safety and health practitioner) to conduct a RA and to coach the line manager (and yourself?) on options for regulating matters.