<p>In the society of today more and more employees are reported sick due to illness caused by their place of work. A lot of employees are stressed in their daily work and because of that they get mentally exhausted. These common occurrences are a part of the psycho-social work environment and it is the employers responsibility to avoid them. To rehabilitate an employee is often very expensive and takes a lot of time. Focusing on preventing illness in the work environment, instead of repair when illness is a fact, is an advantage both for the employers and the employees.</p><p>The purpose with this essay is to illuminate the responsibility that the employers have to prevent psycho-social illness in the work environment. This will be done by studies in the valid right in the area. To se the effects of valid regulations an investigation is made on one chosen department at the University of Karlstad. This is done to be able to see how this department systematically is working with the psycho-social work environment.</p><p>The conclusion in this essay is that it do exist shortage in how to prevent illness in the work environment. An example of shortage is that a lot of work is done with repairing errors in the work environment, instead of preventing them. Other shortages that has been identified are lack of treatment plans, follow ups and education in the work environment.</p>

In the society of today more and more employees are reported sick due to illness caused by their place of work. A lot of employees are stressed in their daily work and because of that they get mentally exhausted. These common occurrences are a part of the psycho-social work environment and it is the employers responsibility to avoid them. To rehabilitate an employee is often very expensive and takes a lot of time. Focusing on preventing illness in the work environment, instead of repair when illness is a fact, is an advantage both for the employers and the employees. The purpose with this essay is to illuminate the responsibility that the employers have to prevent psycho-social illness in the work environment. This will be done by studies in the valid right in the area. To se the effects of valid regulations an investigation is made on one chosen department at the University of Karlstad. This is done to be able to see how this department systematically is working with the psycho-social work environment. The conclusion in this essay is that it do exist shortage in how to prevent illness in the work environment. An example of shortage is that a lot of work is done with repairing errors in the work environment, instead of preventing them. Other shortages that has been identified are lack of treatment plans, follow ups and education in the work environment.