1. Can a grievance about bullying be a protected disclosure?
(Articles/Grievances)

... because in almost many cases the employee has been absent for the duration of the process suffering from stress induced ill health. The return to work option is sometimes followed by resignation. If ...

2. New Constructive Dismissal Judgment
(Articles/Legal)

... breach of an express contractual term. However, if the employer's action short of a repudiatory breach distresses the employee to the extent that the employee no longer has trust or confidence in the...

3. My Grievance
(Articles/Grievances)

...nd it is a serious complaint. For example, the complainant might allege that they have been made ill with stress as a result of the behaviour. Once the complaint is aired, the subject of the complaint...

4. Sanity Check
(Articles/Stress)

...esponse, under the general term ‘hyperarousal’, which is among the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. A fundamental factor in a diagnosis of PTSD is a traumatic stressor...

5. Mental Health Trap - teachers
(Articles/Bullying)

...bly outline (at least) the nature of their purported concern. It is true that some employees report being stressed by bullying, but others do not. If the employee is ill through stress, however, it do...

6. Bullying
(Articles/Bullying)

... Look after your health. Bullying can damage your emotional health, and more. Fighting bullying can be as stressful as putting up with it. More important than fighting bullying is making sure you are ...

7. Stress
(Articles/Stress)

There are different and conflicting ideas about stress. Some say its good for you, others say its bad. The Health and Safety Executive defines stress as ‘the adverse reaction people have to exce

8. The prevention of stress at work – a big problem in search of a big solution
(Articles/Stress)

Professor Derek Mowbray Director, OrganisationHealth Director, The Stress Clinic What is stress? Stress is at the wrong end of a continuum that includes pressure-strain- stress. It is an idiosyncratic

9. New Ruling on Harassment at Work
(Articles/Legal)

...ct which excludes workplace harassment. It should not be thought from this unusually one-sided case that stress at work will often give rise to liability for harassment. I have found the conduct in ...

10. Terms and Conditions
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...unfair treatment at work, eg bullying, discrimination, harassment etc, and repercussions of the same, eg stress, illness, litigation etc. The service is provided free of charge and as such it is not...

11. Stress
(Category List)

Articles about work induced stress