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Stress

What are the symptoms of stress? What are your rights when you are on sick leave? And how do you return to work after a period with stress? Find help here.

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Stress-related sick leave

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Managers and stress

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Get advice on your rights in connection with stress and sick leave from IDA's legal experts

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It may be necessary to change jobs if you have become ill from your work. Contact IDA for advice before you make the decision.

Guide to an almost stress-free life

As a member of IDA, you can receive a free booklet with concrete tools to understand and prevent stress in everyday life.

Latest news on stress:

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Employees without children are most often stressed

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Trouble letting go of work in your spare time?

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Does your work feel meaningless? Then you risk becoming stressed

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Researcher: When we lack influence, job satisfaction disappears

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What your sleep reveals about your job satisfaction

Stress and lack of recognition at work take a toll on your sleep. If you sleep just an hour too little, it affects your mood and your concentration, and in this way stress and sleep problems can reinforce each other.

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6 questions about the causes of stress: What does research show?

Are some people at particularly high risk of stress? And does the fact that we can work all hours of the day increase the risk of stress? Three experts explain what the latest research shows about the causes of stress.

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"It's not in my personality to ask for help"

One in five IDA members feels stressed. Here, two members talk about their experience of calling in sick due to stress and their road back to work.

Article

Employees without children are most often stressed

Read more

Article

Trouble letting go of work in your spare time?

Article

Does your work feel meaningless? Then you risk becoming stressed

Article

Researcher: When we lack influence, job satisfaction disappears

Article

What your sleep reveals about your job satisfaction

Article

6 questions about the causes of stress: What does research show?

Article

"It's not in my personality to ask for help"

Get help in this section for questions regarding your work environment.

Working environment

IDA's policy work

Management in Danish workplaces must safeguard the psychosocial work environment to avoid employee stress

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Get help in this section for questions regarding your work environment.

Working environment

IDA's policy work

Management in Danish workplaces must safeguard the psychosocial work environment to avoid employee stress

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Working Environment

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Illness and sick leave

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