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Stress at work!
I wonder if anyone here has any experience of the laws regarding stress at work.
A small department in a company that I used to work for currently has a fair percentage of employees off sick with stress. This has been ongoing for a while, and the ones off sick were generally poor employees anyway, I wa shocked to hear about the 2 latest off with stress as they are/were very good keen employees and very skilled at their jobs.
Apparently both bouts of stress are a direct result of their manager and his handling of associates in general, it does bring a little smile because the manager in question was previously a technician and was always known by his fellow workers to be the laziest person in that department. He shirked so much that he was eventually disciplined and as a result went off work with stress. He was promoted to supervisor shortly after his return to work, and I can remember him saying to a couple of us that he was off with stress because his manager offered no support and was very bad at his job.
Do you think he has forgotten that statement?
This guy was never my boss, but he was one of managers that I said I would never work for. He was the worst poacher tun gamekeeper I ever saw, and has recently stated that anyone who doesn't like what he say's can S*d off and find a job elsewhere as there are plenty about to fill their shoes.
The most alarming part is these guys going off sick are skilled workers of a standard that will not be easy to replace, I think the guy is under stress himself and in danger of shooting his mouth off and backing himself into a corner. the guy is apparenty not a member of my fan club after I wrote a letter on behalf of an employee who was being treated badly and the employee ended up being compensated for his poor treatment, this was a complete U-turn by he HR department after they had originally backed the manager.
What is the best course of action, should the employees get together and seek legal advice?
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