European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) has launched a 2-year campaign, "Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress." EU-OSHA's latest pan-European opinion poll revealed that 51% of workers feel work-related stress is common in their workplace and 4 in 10 workers think that stress is not handled well in their organization. "Managing work-related stress is one of the cornerstones in ensuring the health, safety and well-being of European workers," says EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Laszlo Andor. "Workplaces cannot afford to ignore work-related stress, which increases absenteeism and lowers productivity." EU-OSHA Director Christa Sedlatschek notes that the poll also found that more than 40% of employers consider psychosocial risks more difficult to manage than traditional occupational safety and health risks. "With this campaign, we want to raise awareness of the problem and provide support to manage psychosocial risks," she explains. "Work-related stress is an organizational issue and should be tackled as such by employers and workers working together."
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