Workplace stress claims: Howard Hymanson’s expert perspective on stress in the workplace and employee wellbeing

Workplace stress claims: Howard Hymanson’s expert perspective on stress in the workplace and employee wellbeing

“The obligation on employers to ensure a safe system of work applies equally to protecting someone’s mental health as it does their physical health.”

Partner and co-head of our employment practice Howard Hymanson has been featured today in the latest episode of The Charlène Gisèle Show.

Charlene’s podcast is aimed at successful professionals wanting to achieve their career goals without the stress. As a former lawyer turned executive coach, Charlène aims to guide individuals to a balanced career without sacrificing success.

In this episode, Howard shares his insights on workplace stress from navigating stress claims and discrimination to addressing burnout and fostering healthier workplace cultures. Howard, who is a leading expert on stress at work compensation claims and mental health in the workplace, provides his perspective which lies at the intersection of employment law and wellbeing.

The full episode can be watched here.

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Howard Hymanson Partner

Howard is a partner with a leading reputation for conducting high-value contentious employment disputes, both in an internal disciplinary setting and externally in the Employment Tribunal and High Court.

Howard is a partner with a leading reputation for conducting high-value contentious employment disputes, both in an internal disciplinary setting and externally in the Employment Tribunal and High Court.

Howard pursues a strategic lead approach, working closely with clients across a wide variety of industry settings, including financial and professional services, sport, and media and entertainment.  

Dealing with reputational management issues is a key feature of much of the work Howard undertakes and as well as dealing with discrimination and harassment claims he has also a particular expertise in cases involving workplace bullying, burn out and stress.

In recent years, Howard has been advising on a number of the most high profile internal misconduct investigations that have dominated the news headlines. This continues to be a growing area of work and combines reputation management with employment law advice in high pressured situations. A cross-over area of legal work in which the firm is uniquely well placed to advise.

Howard is ranked as a ‘Leading Partner’ for his employment work in both The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners.