What can employees and employers do to reduce stress at work?
To reduce stress at work, employees should try to maintain a balance between work and family or personal life, a supportive network of friends and co-workers, and a relaxed and positive outlook. Tolerance to stress can be improved through the development of healthy life habits such as regular exercise, eating a well-balanced and nutritious diet, getting enough rest and taking on a positive outlook It is also important that the workplace is a healthy organisation. Busy workplaces cannot always decrease the amount of ‘stressors’ that exist, however employers can help employees build up their stress tolerance through improving their general health and wellbeing and ensuring that they allow time to ‘de-stress’. As a result of implementing a stress resilience program there are benefits to the employer of ‘healthy’ employees…
