How To Manage Anxiety In The Workplace?

Feeling stressed, anxious, uncomfortable, or tense at work can include anxiety about interactions with coworkers, job performance, or even public speaking. Anxiety at work is widespread and is more common than you may think. While a small amount of work-related stress is normal, excessive anxiety can negatively impact your health and well-being in general and cause issues in your personal and professional life if it isn’t dealt with.

You might worry about your daily commute or your interactions with coworkers if you suffer from workplace anxiety. If ignored, it might become a problem at home and at work.

Causes Of Workplace Anxiety

For a variety of reasons, you might experience anxiety at work. These might be directly connected to your work, particularly if you have disagreements with your coworkers, lack of job security or harsh deadlines. Anxiety at work can also result from a person’s unique traits or circumstances. You might experience anxiety at work, for instance, if you have an anxiety disorder, lack motivation, easily distracted. Workplace anxiety can develop as a result of your job being particularly demanding or difficult to handle, as well as because of your personal situation.

Stress Leave

It is possible to deal with anxiety at work. Here are some suggestions for controlling your anxiety at work:

• Speak to your manager
• Confide in co-workers
• Work within your limits
• take some time for yourself

Employees who require time off to recover from work-related stress are given the option of taking stress leave. Taking stress leave from work is not legally required in New Zealand, but there are other ways for employees to take paid or unpaid time off. Employees are eligible to use sick time as usual if they become ill as a result of stress. If an employee needs more time off than their allotted sick days, they can bargain with their employer about the length of the leave and whether it will be paid or unpaid.

Diagnosed Anxiety

If you have been diagnosed with a form of mental illness, it would be an unwise employer who fire you as a result of the diagnosis. The Human Rights Act 1993, provides protection for discrimination in the workplace against people experiencing mental illness or psychological impairment.

You can contact us if you think your anxiety has a strong bearing on your case for unfair dismissal. It can be challenging to prove that you were fired due to your anxiety at work, so prevention is the best course of action. A phone call to us would help you.

Resolve Legal

If you have unfairly been dismissed due to mental health issues or you are having issues with stress leave, contact us today! Your life will improve thanks to the guidance of our knowledgeable and friendly team as you file a personal grievance.