Do I have to follow the Management Standards approach?

Employers have a legal duty to protect employees from stress at work by doing a risk assessment[1] and acting on it.

If you follow the Management Standards approach correctly, you will be adopting an approach that is considered suitable and sufficient. If you are starting from scratch, following the Management Standards step-by-step approach[2] may save you time, and the tools and guidance are free.

Link URLs in this page

  1. risk assessmenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/risk-assessment.htm
  2. Management Standards step-by-step approachhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/wbk01.htm
  3. How to tackle work-related stress - A guide for employers on making the Management Standards workhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg430.pdf
  4. 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