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STRESS IS THE second most frequent reason for people taking time off work.
After injuries or pain in employees’ muscles, neck and back, work-related stress accounts for 50% – 60% of all lost working days.
Over a 9-year period, nearly 28 % of European workers reported exposure to psychosocial risks that affected their mental well-being, finds a new report by the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER).
The report reveals that while around half of larger organisations have established procedures for dealing with psychosocial risks, the proportion of smaller organisations with measures in place is only 20%-30%.
Patricia Murray, Occupational Psychologist with the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) said that in today’s modern workplace, a certain level of pressure is completely normal and to be expected.
However, when this pressure develops into a persistently stressful working environment, with little or no supports in place, people can find it difficult to cope and some may develop a range of health issues as a result. And, as with most potential health issues, it is much better to take a preventative approach.
For the employee, work-related stress can result in poor mental health, burnout, concentration difficulties, problems at home, drug and alcohol abuse and poor physical health.
The business suffers too, from poor overall business performance, increased absenteeism and increased accident and injury rates.
“The goal of any employer should be to ensure that workplace activities are not unduly adding to the issues facing any employee or group of employees. It makes clear business sense,” said Murray.
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Absolutely shocked by this. How could someone do this to another human being. Beggars belief.
Absolutely shocking…years and years of captivity and who knows what else, how could anybody do these things to another human being! Never give up hope in finding a missing loved one!
Hope they are reunited with their families asap and given whatever support they may need.
800 hundred years
The whole situation seems to be fantastically mangaed by that charity. It seems obvious that they took the lead, negotiated when and how the women would leave to minimize the trauma, help start the process of their rehabilitation and increase the chances of a conviction. Fair play to the police for allowing it to happen this way and not just going in like a bull in a china shop. It takes a certain type of peron to dedicate their lives to working in such a harrowing area. Incredible. I wonder if the freedom charity are active in Ireland, with the claims emerging that there are upwards of 200 people enslaved in Ireland perhaps they should be.
This is the strange story I’ve ever read! Was the Irish woman on missing list since 30 yrs ago or did her family appeal for her whereabout? Poor three ladies!
Unfortunately people leaving Ireland 30 years ago nearly always lost touch will their family they were even given a wake on leaving no real or cheap communication even getting home from England was expensive so they just vanished
Really? Writing a letter was too expensive 30 years ago? What an idiotic statement to come out with. As for the wake? In the 80s? Maybe in the 1880s….
Really Eanna Many of people left in the 80s didn’t keep in touch and it was expensive to get to and from england and yes we gave them a wake I was at a few
It’s F’d up world we live in.
To get an idea of how this can exist within a what from the outside seems to be a normal next door neighbors house, you should read “Slave” true story by Mende Nazar.
“having been held captive for thirty ears.”
lol
Ah dammit now they fixed it and I’m just going to look crazy :(
I’d blame the monobrow myself
Well, thats marriage for you
Very well said frank
Thirty ears???
What’s the betting that the couple responsible for holding these women captive were South Asian. Seems to be a cultural disposition towards this kind of treatment.
It seems the couple may be Irish
A slight exaggeration no doubt, now back to the real news…
What the hell is your problem. Do you honestly look for ways of offending people. This is a tragic story that you see fit to belittle. Would get a bi of compassion. Mind you I have read your previous contributions Kenneth and no doubt you think a little slavery is justified in the name of profit.
Don’t mind him, just a moronic troll, no one really cares what he says
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