Ministry launching campaign to reduce work stress

By: Together Abroad 29-10-2014

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SWZ ) will be launching the Check Your Stress Week or Check Je Werkstress campaign, from 3 to 6 November to create awareness of work stress related issues and how to reduce it.

According to a press statement by the ministry, nearly 1 million people are at risk of burnout or other work-related mental illness in The Netherlands. Also, over one in eight employees in The Netherlands suffer from stress and a third of the work-related absenteeism is caused by stress.

Lodewijk Asscher, Minister for Social Affairs and Employment will kick off the four-day campaign with a visit to Tata Steel and will give a speech and a Good- Practice Award to a company that leads the way in tackling stress in a conference in Amsterdam.

The campaign will also include talks and activities with regards to having fun at work, healthy eating and exercising to reduce stress.

Employees and organisations can check the programme at http://www.checkjewerkstress.nl/.