Occupational Stress in UK Law
- Occupational Stress In The Construction Sector
- Occupational Stress: Vicarious Liability Claim For Harassment Fails
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Stress Claims - Employers' Liability for Psychiatric Illness
... ... However, in recent years growing numbers of employees have brought claims in respect of psychiatric injury arising from occupational stress. A recent decision of the Court of Appeal, Chairman of the Governors of St. Thomas Becket RC High School -v- Hatton and Others, has set down ... ...
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Liability - 2018 In Review
... ... commentary on the interplay between vicarious liability and occupational stress, along with issues of professional reputation. The issue of ... ...
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Public Authority Liability Update: Can You Do It If You B&Q It?
...Employer not found liable for stress in the workplace ... Easton v B&Q Plc[2015] EWHC 880 (QB) ... The ... the illness, at least in substantial measure, was caused by occupational stress. However, it argued that the illness had not been foreseeable at ... ...
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UK Court rejects employer’s reliance on inadequate disability opinion
Your employee is sick a lot, mostly stress and related issues. Keen to respect your statutory obligations if you have any, you repeatedly ask your external Occupational Health provider if this mea...
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Apportionment Of Damages For Divisible Injuries
... ... During that time she experienced stress at work. On one occasion, her manager commented that women took things ... Following this comment, the Claimant was diagnosed with occupational stress and signed off work. BAE dismissed the Claimant on the basis it was ... ...
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Disabled Employee Should Have Been Offered A Dedicated Parking Space
... ... need to go to the toilet urgently, flare up and be aggravated by stress ... Ms Linsley worked at the HMRC and drove to and from work in her own ... Throughout the years, Ms Linsley underwent various occupational health assessments that stated she would benefit from a dedicated parking ... ...
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When Does Workplace Stress Amount To A Disability?
... ... Also, medical evidence from the relevant time showed Mr Herry was taking no medication for his stress and Occupational Health had ruled him fit to work ... The EAT ruled that, on the facts, stress caused by being unhappy with a decision or colleague was not a ... ...
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Stress at Work - the Next Chapter
... ... reasonable to both sides It is in everyone's interests that management should be encouraged to recognise the existence and causes of occupational stress and take sensible steps to minimise it within their organisation. It is in the interest of the individual employees who may suffer harm if ... ...
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