Management Standards - Control

How much say the person has in the way they do their work.

The standard is that:

  • employees indicate that they are able to have a say about the way they do their work
  • systems are in place locally to respond to any individual concerns.

What should be happening/States to be achieved:

  • Where possible, employees have control over their pace of work
  • Employees are encouraged to use their skills and initiative to do their work
  • Where possible, employees are encouraged to develop new skills to help them undertake new and challenging pieces of work
  • The organisation encourages employees to develop their skills
  • Employees have a say over when breaks can be taken
  • Employees are consulted over their work patterns

Link URLs in this page

  1. How to tackle work-related stress - A guide for employers on making the Management Standards workhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg430.pdf
  2. Is my risk assessment approach suitable and sufficient? Equivalence checklisthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/assets/docs/checklist.pdf

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Updated 2021-05-11