Labour and Employment Law Bulletin: Negligent Infliction of Mental Suffering in the Employment Context

30.7.10

This summary provides an update of a case reviewed at our recent client seminar. The Ontario Court of Appeal has overturned a lower court's decision awarding damages for the negligent infliction of mental suffering in employment. Contrary to the trial level judgment, the court found that an employer does not have a duty to protect employees throughout the course of their employment from actions which might cause them mental distress.

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