Work Related Stress Guide for hospitality published
The not-for-profit social enterprise has created the free, downloadable guide that addresses topics such as identifying the causes and effects of work-related stress and the benefits of preventing it; the factors that contribute to work-related stress; and how managers and businesses can take a risk management approach.
The 29-page guide also includes a number of case studies and information on how to implement risk management systems.
It comes as The Burnt Chef Project says that in 2020/21 stress, depression and anxiety accounted for 50% of all work-related ill health cases. The main work factors cited by respondents as causing work-related stress, depression or anxiety were workload pressures, including tight deadlines and too much responsibility with lack of managerial support, it says.
Our industry is facing more pressures than ever before, yet we’re not always equipped to deal with the issues this may bring to individuals within our team. We’ve developed this publication to assist employers and persons with duties under Occupational Health and Safety laws to comply with those laws in relation to work-related stress in the workplace,” says Kris Hall, CEO of The Burnt Chef Project.
“With work-related stress affecting such a high proportion of our team's wellbeing, it’s time to put the resources in place to support our team's wellbeing and arm our managers with the tools they need to help their staff thrive, not just survive.
“Our free guide has been compiled with information, knowledge and expertise within the field of hospitality workplace wellbeing and is designed to help employers start implementing procedures to tackle work-related stress and its impact on both wellbeing and performance”.
Work-related stress is described as being an acute and/or ongoing state of exhaustion that leads to physical, mental or emotional exhaustion and prevents people from functioning safely and within normal boundaries. It affects a person’s health, increases the chance of workplace injuries occurring, and reduces performance and productivity within the workplace.
Earlier in the summer The Burnt Chef Project partnered with mental health service provider Thrive to launch a wellbeing app approved by the NHS that's aimed at supporting hospitality employees. The app includes an 'in app chat' function wherefully trained therapists can provide support.
To download a free copy of the new guide visit here.
