Workplace stress.

AuthorMitchell, Teresa
PositionBench press

James MacNeil was employed by the Children's Aid Society of Cape Breton. In 2002, he took an extended stress leave after an emotional and confrontational meeting with his supervisor, and claimed workers' compensation benefits for that period. The Nova Scotia Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal (WCAT) ruled that Mr MacNeil's stress was an acute reaction to a traumatic event and therefore was an injury by accident within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act. The Children's Aid Society appealed. The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal. Justice Cromwell wrote "... the worker's uncontradicted testimony, his psychiatric diagnosis, and his medical history all support WCAT's...

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