J v DLA Piper UK LLP [2010] UKEAT/0263/09

Stress At Work: Walking the tightrope

Liam Ryan and Tess Barrett discuss ways of determining unhappy employees from genuinely injured claimants ‘In cases where stress-related symptoms surface in a clear and unambiguous manner, such as an employee making a complaint or bursting into tears, a certain level of initiative is to be expected from an employer.’Cases where employers face claims predicated …

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Occupational Stress: Two of a kind

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Rushmi Sethi explores the inter-relationships between personal injury and employment law, when dealing with liability for psychological injury in occupational stress claims ‘The inter-relationships between tortious liability in personal injury practice and employment law practice with regard to occupational stress claims involve “some overlap”, because there are potentially two different fora available for redress with …

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Discrimination Law: Is obesity the new disability?

Alexandra Mizzi analyses the ECJ’s decision on whether an obese childminder could bring a discrimination claim ‘Despite the controversy, the decision that a severely obese worker cannot bring a discrimination claim does not establish any radical new principle in UK employment law. It may, however, have some interesting practical implications.’ Just before the festive season …

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