Over 50's coping better with stress at work

This is the conclusion of an Investors in People report which shows that the nation’s workers are more stressed than they were a year ago. 38% of employees it surveyed had seen their stress levels crank up in the past 12 months. They found that older workers are finding everything less stressful than their younger counterparts – possibly because they’ve been through it all before. Only 32% of over-55s reported an increase in stress, compared with 41% of 35- to 44-year-olds, and 45% of 45- to 54-year-olds. This is yet another reason to encourage mentoring schemes where older workers can help younger ones to ride this out.