Foreword Executive summary Table of cases Table of statutes Introduction The 1974 Social Action Programme Plague or epidemic? Why should we care? The three faces of employer's liability Introduction Civil liability Criminal liability Liability for breach of contract and unfair dismissal Employer's civil liability The basis of civil liability Negligence Foreseeability and prevention A ?safe system of work' Particularly vulnerable employees Vicarious liability The current state of the civil law on stress at work Introduction Stress directly caused by the job Stress caused by accidents to others Summarising the position The Law Commission proposals Employer's criminal liability Introduction Section 2, HSWA 1974 Regulation 3, Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 Regulation 4, Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 Personal liability under ss. 7, 36 and 37, HSWA 1974 Psychological harm and the criminal law generally Summarising the position Employment, dismissal and workplace stress Introduction Stress and the contract of employment Dismissal and breach of the contract of employment Unfair dismissal and stress Developing an employer strategy Introduction The problem of tackling workplace stress Key elements of a strategy for managing stress A health and safety policy for stress Stress risk assessment Integrating health and safety management Recognising stress hazards at work Introduction Stress from the work content: the job Stress from the work context: the work environment Stress from the work context: the organisation and its culture Stress from outside the workplace Particular stress hazards at work Introduction Stress from violence at work Stress caused by lone working Stress caused by discrimination Stress caused by harassment Stress caused by bullying Approaches to identification, prevention and control Introduction Treating the organisation Treating the job Treating the individual An integrated strategy for managing stress Introduction Collecting the information Assessing the risk Recruitment and promotion Redesigning the job Encouraging awareness Reorganising, redundancy, restructuring EAPs and self-help programmes Dismissal - the last resort? A corporate stress policy Introduction Establishing the need A checklist for action Key elements of a policy Appendices A Glossary and abbreviations B Useful addresses C Further reading.