This webinar will cover employers’ liability for psychiatric injuries caused by work-related stress. It will review long-established principles in relation to foreseeability, duty of care, and breach of duty, analyse recent developments, and consider how the law in this complex and ever-changing area might cope with claims arising from the challenges of COVID19.
Agenda
The employer’s duty of care in relation to work-related stress
Foreseeability of psychiatric injury
Breach of duty – the Hatton criteria updated and revisited
Psychiatric injury caused by stress at work – diagnosis, causation, multi-factorial causation, acceleration and apportionment
Jayne has been engaged in psychiatric type injuries throughout her career and has developed particular expertise in work-related stress disorders. Her experience encompasses many different scenarios but has concentrated on educational, NHS and...
Tom maintains a particular interest in psychiatric injuries, and work-related stress claims have formed a key part of his practice from the early years of his career. His experience encompasses a vast range of workplace situations ranging from...