June 6, 2004

Stress In The Workplace

Author: Lisa Branigan

Written: June 06, 2004

Category: Lifestyle / Health

According to the Australian Council of Trade Unions (A.C.T.U.) 1997 survey, fifty per cent of workers had suffered some form of stress at work in a 12-month period. The statistics in care professions were even higher, with the Department of Education and Training in Western Australia reporting in its 2002 Attitudes To Teaching Survey that seventy per cent of teachers identified workplace stress as a cause for concern in their teaching positions.

Stress in the workplace is becoming a major ... read more