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The duties owed to particular groups of workers and the facilities every workplace must provide.

Stress at work is the harmful reaction people have to excessive pressure or demands in their job. It is a workplace hazard that employers must assess and manage. The main causes are workload, lack of control, poor support, difficult relationships, unclear roles and badly managed change.

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An employee who reasonably believes there is serious and imminent danger may leave the place of work, and section 27 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 protects employees from being penalised for raising a safety concern or for leaving in those circumstances.

Yes. Section 10 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 requires employers to give employees instruction and training on recruitment, on a transfer or change of task, and when new equipment, systems or technology are introduced. It must be given in paid time and in a form the employee understands.

The death of any person in a work related accident, and any injury that keeps an employee from their normal work for more than three consecutive days, not counting the day of the accident. Specified dangerous occurrences are reported as well. Records are kept for ten years.

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Every person on every Irish payroll, because the 2005 Act requires training at induction, on role changes and at regular intervals for all employees. This is the one course that covers the entire organisation.

In practice, businesses run it as the universal baseline: new starters complete it during induction, existing staff refresh on a rolling cycle, and role specific courses like Manual Handling, Working at Heights or HACCP sit on top for those who need them.

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Stress at Work

The duties owed to particular groups of workers and the facilities every workplace must provide.

Work related stress

Work related stress is the harmful reaction people have to excessive pressure or demands at work. It is a hazard like any other: the general duties of the 2005 Act and the duty to assess risk apply to it. Prolonged stress leads to anxiety, depression, heart disease and musculoskeletal problems, and to absence, errors and accidents.

  • Demands: workload, pace, hours.
  • Control: how much say people have over their work.
  • Support: from managers and colleagues.
  • Relationships: conflict, bullying.
  • Role: whether people know what is expected.
  • Change: how it is managed and communicated.

The HSA provides a free assessment tool, Work PositiveCI, built around these six factors.

Bullying at work

The Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Prevention and Resolution of Bullying at Work, issued in 2021, defines workplace bullying as repeated inappropriate behaviour, direct or indirect, whether verbal, physical or otherwise, conducted by one or more persons against another or others, at the place of work or in the course of employment, which could reasonably be regarded as undermining the right of the individual to dignity at work.

A single incident may be an affront to dignity but is not bullying. Employers must have a written policy, a named contact person, an informal route and a formal complaints procedure, and must act on complaints promptly and fairly. Bullying is treated as a health and safety hazard and is covered in the safety statement.

The duties of the employer

Section 8 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 requires every employer to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the safety, health and welfare at work of all employees. In particular the employer must:

  • manage work so that it is safe, and prevent improper conduct that puts people at risk,
  • provide a safe place of work, safe access and safe equipment,
  • provide safe systems of work,
  • provide welfare facilities,
  • give information, instruction, training and supervision,
  • identify hazards, assess risks and prepare a safety statement,
  • provide protective equipment where risks cannot be removed,
  • prepare emergency plans,
  • report accidents and dangerous occurrences,
  • obtain the help of a competent person where needed.

Who is responsible

  • The employer carries the main duty: to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the safety, health and welfare of employees and of others affected by the work.
  • Directors and senior managers can be personally liable where an offence was committed with their consent or through their neglect.
  • Managers and supervisors put the arrangements into practice in their own areas.
  • Employees must take reasonable care of themselves and others, cooperate, use equipment properly and report dangers.
  • The self employed have the duties of both employer and employee.
  • Those who control a workplace, design it or supply equipment to it have duties of their own.

Assess the person

Some workers face more risk: the young, the pregnant, the inexperienced, those who work alone.

Mind and body

Stress and bullying are workplace hazards and are assessed and managed like any other.

Decent conditions

Toilets, washing facilities, drinking water, rest areas and a reasonable temperature are legal requirements.

The accredited Health and Safety Course covers the law, the hazards and the duties of everyone at work in about an hour online, with a CPD certified certificate the moment you pass.

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