Free HSE Stress Liability Audit

Stress is destroying your business

And you have a legal obligation to manage it under health and safety law.

You risk assess premises, equipment and processes, but can you prove you’re identifying and controlling the risk of workplace stress before it causes harm?

Sick notes, grievances, performance problems, and EAP referrals are evidence that stress has already manifested. If that’s when your organisation sees the problem, you’re too late.

Our free HSE Stress Liability Audit reviews how your organisation currently identifies, assesses and manages work-related stress risk, highlighting gaps in your approach and the evidence available to support it. We'll give you clear, practical recommendations to strengthen your position.

Free of charge. Led by a business psychologist. No prep required.

An EAP and a stress policy won't make the risk go away.

They have a role. But none of them, on their own, demonstrates that you've assessed and controlled the risk of work-related stress. HSE expects a proactive, preventative approach, with evidence of what you've identified, what you've done about it and how you're controlling the risk. Without this, you are at risk of litigation and enforcement action, and the costs of an HSE investigation into work-related stress. If your approach was challenged today, could you produce the evidence to defend it?

You need to identify the risks of stress before they manifest.

Stress has become so normalised that people don’t recognise the impact it’s having. They say they’re fine, even when the pressure is already affecting how they think, feel, and perform. Conventional measures miss what's happening beneath the surface, and so do not give you an accurate picture of risk.

We can reveal what people are really experiencing, even when they aren’t consciously aware of it, identifying unseen and emerging people risks in real time with 96% accuracy. This means you can identify risk earlier, intervene while the action needed is still small, and evidence what you’ve done to control it – with one, simple action.

Know where you're exposed before you have to defend yourself.

Our free HSE Stress Liability Audit examines whether your current approach gives you the evidence and protection you think it does. We'll give you clear and direct suggestions on what you can do now to strengthen your position.

We'll identify:

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Where your current approach supports your health and safety responsibilities, and where your evidence may fall short if challenged.

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The underlying and hidden gaps in your organisation that could leave you exposed.

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Where you are reacting to harm, rather than preventing it.

Built on evidence, and designed for prevention.

Our work is grounded in years of research and real-world evidence into how workplace stress develops, where risk emerges and what prevents it becoming harm.

As founding members of the Policy Liaison Group on Workplace Wellbeing, we contributed to the development of new Duty of Care Guidelines, presented at No.10 Downing Street, providing policymakers and parliamentarians with a framework for strengthening employer duty of care and preventing work-related harm.

We're now gathering further evidence on work-related stress and organisational risk through a limited programme of free HSE Stress Liability Audits.

Your organisation is never named or identifiable in anything we publish.

Book your audit

Book your free HSE Stress Liability Audit.

Stuart Paviour.

Find the gaps before someone else finds them for you. Act while tiny is still enough.

Our Head of Client Analytics and Business Psychologist Stuart Paviour leads the audit team, and will personally oversee the process.

Stuart brings extensive experience in organisational wellbeing, people risk and leadership, helping businesses see where their current approach leaves them exposed and what they can do about it before problems escalate.

Frequently asked questions

There's no lengthy onboarding or disruption to your team. Just a focused conversation and a clear report back.

What happens during the first session?

A 30-minute conversation, held online at a time that suits your diary.

Do I need to prepare anything?

No preparation is needed at all.

Who needs to be involved?

Usually you, plus anyone from your leadership or wider teams you'd like involved. We shape the session around what's right for your organisation.

What will I receive afterwards?

You'll receive your diagnostic report within one week, followed by a working session to discuss priorities, gaps and next steps.

Is the audit really free?

Yes. The audit is free, with no obligation to take anything further.

Is our information confidential?

We work with organisation-level insight. Your organisation is never named or identifiable in anything we publish.