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Absent colleagues and difficult children can put nursery staff under intolerable pressure. Annette Rawstrone reports on how to keep stress at bay Taking time to address the stress that your employees face at work can improve the health of your business and the wellbeing of your staff. A stress-free working environment can lead to reduced staff turnover and sickness resulting in a more viable setting.

Taking time to address the stress that your employees face at work can improve the health of your business and the wellbeing of your staff. A stress-free working environment can lead to reduced staff turnover and sickness resulting in a more viable setting.

Nursery owners have a duty of care to assess the risk of work-related stress, defined by the Health and Safety Executive as, 'the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressure or other types of demand placed on them'. For nursery practitioners this could be anything from a backlog of paperwork to covering for absent colleagues and dealing with a difficult child.

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