Health and safety survey results

Article Type: Food facts From: Nutrition & Food Science, Volume 40, Issue 6.

A total of 79 per cent of European managers are concerned by work-related stress, but less than a third of companies have set procedures to deal with it. Concern about psychosocial risks such as stress, violence and harassment is increasing in European organisations, the first findings of the biggest workplace health and safety survey in Europe show. The new data were released on 3 June 2010 by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.

With the financial crisis in full swing, 79 per cent of European managers voice their concern about stress at work, which is already recognised as an important burden on European productivity.