Stress & mental health
Mental illness causes particularly long absences. Stress prevention isn't a soft-skills programme — the psychological risk assessment is a legal requirement under the Occupational Safety Act (ArbSchG, German law).
What is this field of action about?
Burnout, depression, anxiety disorders: mental illness now causes more absence days than musculoskeletal disorders (DAK-Gesundheit 2025, German figures). At the same time, the evidence shows: workplace prevention pays off at an average of 1:2.7 according to the iga.Report — with structured implementation.
Why does this field of action pay off?
§ 5 ArbSchG obliges employers to carry out a psychological risk assessment — for every single workplace. Anyone who still fails to do so after an order from the supervisory authority risks a fine of up to €30,000 (§ 25 ArbSchG, German law) and liability in the event of burnout-related illness.
Measures for Stress & mental health
Resilience can be trained — these measures work remotely too:
Based on COPSOQ: the in-depth survey on psychosocial strain
When the psychosocial risk assessment has to hold up — in front of the works council, the labour inspectorate or your own management — the questionnaire based …
Mental Health Week: How to break the taboo
Approaching mental health systematically: A Mental Health Week is a structured WHP component that breaks the taboo—and builds a bridge to the risk assessment o…
0 € · freeThe Mindfulness Minute: 60 Seconds Against Chronic Stress
Mental health in WHP starts with low-threshold measures: The daily mindfulness minute is a first building block in the area of stress—even before the risk asse…
Social Volunteering Day
A paid day off for social engagement is an offering many employees would like – and few receive. Yet the benefit is easy to see: employees who take a volunteer…
Stress Management
Stress is subjective – and that's the problem. Anyone under constant pressure gets used to it, until their resources are suddenly depleted. A short, anonymous …
0 € · freeCompliment Challenge
Appreciation in everyday work life is not a soft-skill luxury but a measurable health factor. Occupational research considers a lack of recognition a stress fa…
Introducing an EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
Mental illness leads to particularly long absences: in Germany in 2025, a sick note for this reason lasted 34 days on average, and by days of absence mental il…
Healthy Leadership
Managers aren't therapists – but they're the first point of contact where employees either let stress and strain become visible, or don't. How a manager respon…
0 € · free"How are you really doing?" Check-in
Anyone who wants to know how their employees are doing has to ask – regularly, with a low threshold, and in a way that makes honest answers possible. The weekl…
Resilience Training
Resilience is not a personality trait you either have or don't – it's a skill you can develop. That's the most important message for every employee who believe…
0 € · freeStress Reset Course
Four weeks aren't enough to dissolve years of stress patterns. But they're enough to understand how those patterns form – and to develop the first, decisive to…
0 € · freeSleeping In After Daylight Saving Time
After the clock change, the team starts Monday morning 30 minutes later. Zero cost, five minutes of effort – and a concrete signal: recovery is a priority here…
0 € · freeHealthy Habits
Healthy habits don't come from good intentions – they come from repetition. A habit is anchored once the behavior runs automatically – without a conscious deci…
0 € · freeLunch & Learn
Knowledge transfer at work has a time problem: seminars take too long, emails go unread, and intranet posts stay unopened. Lunch & Learn sessions solve this by…
0 € · freeSleep Hygiene Tips
Sleep is the most powerful recovery tool people have – and the most underrated one in a workplace context. Anyone who sleeps only six hours a night for two wee…
Work-Life Balance Workshop
Work-life balance sounds like a concept that costs nothing but good intentions. In practice, it founders on a lack of tools, unclear boundaries, and a work cul…
Psychosocial risk assessment: start with the standard survey
The psychosocial risk assessment is not optional, it is a legal duty — and the way in is an anonymous survey of 24 questions that takes ten minutes to answer.
Introducing AI without overlooking the strain: the risk assessment that goes with it
This questionnaire is a BETA version: soundly built on the professional literature, but not yet conclusively validated in occupational psychology terms. It can…
Where do you stand on Stress & mental health?
The self-check (about 7 minutes) places you across all 10 fields of action.