HSE - Tackling Work Related Stress - A Guide for Employers

Stress is the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressure or other types of demand placed on them. It can be caused by things at work or by things outside of work, or both. This leaflet is concerned with work-related stress: that is, stress that arises from, or is made worse by, work. Workrelated stress is not an illness, but it can lead to increased problems with ill health, if it is prolonged or particularly intense.

The link address is: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg341.pdf