Stress and Employer Liability (Developing Practice)

by Cary L . Cooper (Author), JillEarnshaw (Author)

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  Employers have always paid a huge price for stressed out employees in terms of absenteeism, labour turnover and low productivity. They have also increasingly faced the challenge of litigation. This is a guide to the causes of stress, the legal minefield, and the best ways for organizations to improve their workers' quality of life. The authors examine: the option for employees to pursue claims through employment tribunals rather than the civil courts; rulings that employers can be vicariously liable when employees suffer harassment or discrimination; rulings that stress-related injuries may count as disabilities under the Disability Discrimination Act; and the results of a survey of personal injury solicitors.