Questions & answers in industrial relations.

Can being at work make you sick? With ever-increasing workloads and constant pressure for change, midwives will understand all too clearly what Trades Union Congress General Secretary John Monks recently called "a pressure cooker work environment". Recent surveys by the TUC and a number of other trade unions show that employers are failing to take the matter of workplace stress seriously-notwithstanding the devastating effects it can have on the lives of their staff.