Stresswise- Preventing Work-related stress, A guide for employers in the public sector

• Stresswise- Preventing Work-related stress, A guide for employers in the public sector (PDF 1111kb)
  Document Type: Publication
  Keycode: WSV1088/03/09.10
  Industry: Community Services, Education Sector, Emergency Services, Health Care Sector, Local Government, 
  Category: Controlling OHS Hazards and Risks, Stress, 
  Division Author: Public Sector & Community Services
  Publication Date: 11 October 2011
  Date First Published: 24 April 2007
  Summary: This guidance provides information for the public sector on how to identify potential work-related stress hazards, determine work-related stress risks and how to control work-related stress hazards and risks.

About this publication

Stresswise- Preventing Work-related stress, A guide for employers in the public sector is a 36 page publication for all public sector employers and employees. The publication covers WorkSafe’s Occupational Health & Safety work-related stress prevention process and includes:

• How to identify potential work-related stress hazards
• How to determine work-related stress risks
• How to control work-related stress hazards and risks, and
• Implementing continuous improvement, trial, review, and evaluation.

More than half the guide is given over to attachments - download them separately as a toolkit:

• A sample worksheet
• How to examine and interrogate workplace data
• Sample survey questions to help identify work-related stress in your workplace
• A list of signs, symptoms, behaviours or outcomes that may arise from work-related stress
• How to develop and implement an action plan, and
• A case study