Working environment

If the employer takes the view that stress is the individual’s responsibility, the psychological working environment will also suffer significantly more.

Conversely, if the employer recognises that stress is a real challenge in the workplace – one that is never the sole responsibility of the individual employee – then the psychological working environment will also be better.

That is why more managers need to be equipped to deal with this widespread problem, and best practice in relation to stress prevention must be rolled out to more workplaces.

It is important that management in Danish workplaces focuses on ensuring the best psychological working environment for their employees. Therefore, managers must be offered new and better opportunities to prevent stress and improve the psychological working environment in Danish workplaces.

Prevention is vital, because once stress has taken hold of an individual, it entails significant personal costs.

There are major benefits to be gained if we can turn the tide for the benefit of society, companies’ bottom lines and, most importantly, the health of individual employees.