Stress Indicator Tool (SIT)

The Stress Indicator Tool is now available for free to pilot for a maximum of 50 employees.

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Disclaimer: The stats quoted in this video were accurate at time of creation. See HSE website opens in new window for most up-to-date stress statistics.

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Tuesday 23rd March at 2.30pm - sign up here opens in new window

Monday 19th April at 12.00pm - sign up here opens in new window

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Every employer has a legal duty to assess and protect employees from work-related stress under the Management of Health and Safety Regulations 1999.

Stress is a major cause of sickness absence in the workplace and costs over £5 billion a year in Great Britain. It affects individuals, their families and colleagues by impacting on their health, but it also has tremendous financial and operational impacts for employers.

Therefore, industry experts at HSE have developed and produced an online Stress Indicator Tool (SIT) that measures the attitudes and perceptions of employees towards work-related stress.

SIT provides anonymous feedback and is a quick and easy way to determine the extent to which work-related stress is a problem within an organisation.

Complementing HSE's Management Standards for Stress opens in new window approach, the tool features a survey of thirty-five questions and assesses six key areas of work that, if not managed properly, are known to be the likely root causes.

Analysing and understanding these results will help develop an effective health and wellbeing strategy for the organisation.

Read the Stress White Paper

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Benefits of using Stress Indicator Tool

Intuitive system that reduces admin time and resources used
Survey available in multiple language templates
Options to customise - add branding, write a personalised introduction, choose appropriate demographic questions and tailor the terminology to reflect your workplace
Automatic analysis of the responses generates a summary report of the results and provides recommendations to address identified issues
Directly focus and compare results against departments, job roles, locations, age etc.
Functionality to create bespoke reports to highlight potential priority areas
Access to a wealth of HSE resources

Free v Premium version

The tool is available either for free or as an enhanced premium version. The table below provides an outline of the differences between the two options:

Stress Indicator Tool	Free	Premium
GDPR Compliant	Yes	Yes
Fully Secure ISO27001 (data stored in the UK)	Yes	Yes

Survey	Free	Premium
Fully Accessible version	Yes	Yes
Suggested control measures based on scores	Yes	Yes
Survey mobile compatible via browser	Yes	Yes
Survey via mobile app (offline mode)	-	Yes
Organisational set demographics	Yes	Yes
Personalisation including company logo	Yes	Yes
Total number if respondents	50	Licence size

Administration portal	Free	Premium
Set up multiple assessments	-	Yes
Set up organisational demographics	Yes	Yes
Shared and linked accounts	-	Yes
Ability to download raw data	-	Yes

Auto report	Free	Premium
Auto report with priority/focus areas	Yes	Yes
Ability to filter auto reports by demographics	-	Yes
Ability to download and share auto reports	Yes	Yes

Free Stress Indicator Tool

The Stress Indicator Tool is available for free for businesses who want to use the tool for a maximum of 50 employees. Simply visit the link below and follow the instructions on the help page to create your survey.

Free Stress Indicator Tool (1-50 licence) - Free Version
By signing up to the Stress Indicator Tool you accept the terms and conditions (PDF)

For help creating an account and setting up your survey visit our help page opens in new window .

For those who require a larger licence visit the premium section.

Premium Stress Indicator Tool

For businesses who require a larger licence, the prices below allow administrative and user rights to the Stress Indicator Tool (all prices are excluding VAT).

For employers with more than 10,000 employees a price is available upon request.

No. of Employees	Licence Fee Year 1 (excl. VAT)	Annual Charge for Each Consecutive Year
up to 50	FREE	FREE
51-100	£700	£100
101-250	£1,200	£200
251-500	£1,450	£250
501-1000	£1,700	£300
1001-2500	£2,700	£500
2501-5000	£4,700	£900
5001-10000	£7,700	£1,500

Why should employers invest in mental health interventions?

A recent report from Deloitte shows a complex but positive case for employers to invest in the mental health of their employees, with an average return of £5 for every £1 spent (5:1). However, there is a large spread of potential returns from 0.4:1 up to nearly 11:1. Interventions with the highest returns tend to focus on preventative large scale initiatives, and on using technology or diagnostics to tailor support for those most in need.

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Case Study: 11% Improvement in Stress Sickness Absence

Scottish Power Energy Retail is an international energy company focused on growth, safety and service. They are one of the UK's top customer service suppliers of gas and electricity with around 5.2 million customers. The organisation recently took a dynamic and systematic approach to reducing work-related stress, as they realised the many benefits of doing so. Working in partnership with HSE they were able to improve their sickness absences by 11%.

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