We understand how crucial it is to develop a company's human capital, and we're confident that investing in employee training contributes to improved productivity.
Taking care of your physical and mental well-being of its employees not only helps to improve their relational skills and to manage stressful situations with greater awareness, but it also contributes to a clear increase in terms of quality and quantity of work; This is why more and more companies are paying attention to welfare in order to improve employer branding.
Furthermore, taking care of the psychophysical well-being of your employees prevents them from incurring work-related stress or Burnout Syndrome. The syndrome from Burnout will finally appear in the next International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) drawn up by theWorld Health Organization (WHO) of 2022. Emotional collapse for those who work under stress is just around the corner, in a climate of health and social uncertainty and frustration.
What we know is that change is often scary and difficult to face and metabolize.
The same smart working It hides numerous pitfalls and in the long run proves alienating and counterproductive for employees, just as normal office work is made more difficult by the new behavioral and distancing rules we have been forced to adopt.
For all these reasons we have decided to propose to companies a Stress Management Course.
The course's educational effectiveness is demonstrated by the numerous positive feedback received from previous editions, and in this time of uncertainty, its value becomes even more important.
Unlike physical accidents at work, which are subject to the obligation to report to theInailFor employees exposed to workplace stress, there is no obligation to report it to any competent body, which is why it is difficult to compile or identify statistical data on this widespread phenomenon. Worker protection remains the employer's responsibility. However, it should be noted that a work-related stress risk assessment is mandatory in every company's risk assessment report (DVR).
Below are some data from surveys carried out in 2014 by the European Agency for Health and Safety at Work:
- In Europe 25% of workers experience work-related stress for all or most of their working hours and report that their work poses a risk to their health (EU-OSHA 2014);
- The fourth survey on working conditions in Europe (Parent-Thirion et al., 2007) found, in 2005, that 20% of workers in the first 15 EU member states and 30% in the new member states are convinced that their health is threatened by work-related stress;
- The estimate of the costs attributable to mental health problems attributable to work-related stress is 3-4% of GDP (approximately 265 billion euros per year);
- A report from European Commission (Levi, 2000) indicates that half of the EU workers reported high work paces, the 44% no or very limited job rotation, the 50% repetitive tasks.
Added to these data is the increased precariousness that has characterized work in the last decade, which constitutes yet another stress factor. Ultimately, for most companies, psychosocial risks are a source of concern. almost 80% of the managers surveyed he expressed concern about work-related stress.
If we do not yet have certain data on the stress developed during the pandemic, thanks to this data We can try to imagine the serious impact this will certainly have had on the psychological health of employees and surmise the possible consequences.
| By Dr. Valentina Febbraro |