In the case of Majrowski against Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust, an employee of the Trust Mr. Majrowski succeeded in his
stress at work personal injury claim against the hospital. His case was that he had been harassed by his manager and the hospital was found to be responsible for its failure to protect him from work-related stress that he suffered as a result of the harassment.
Work related stress injury is increasing and the number of stress at work personal injury claims is going up.
In 2008, Channel 4 website hosted an expert debate on the issue of “Is stress a myth?” Dr. Rob Briner from London University suggested that the problem is that: “What we are saying is effectively meaningless because… there is no medical condition or set of symptoms that can be described as, or define stress.” [Stress is actually] “… an extremely wide term referring to a huge range of different feelings, symptoms and situations.”
Disagreeing with Dr. Briner, Stress –management consultant Roger Mead, explained that human stress is, “an individual response to perceived pressure” and stated that, “Individuals who are stressed will have their own understanding of what it means.”
According to research, high job demand is likely to increase the risk of major clinical depression or generalised anxiety disorder in people with no previous history of these complaints. Employers have a duty to ensure that their employees are protected from
work-related stress.
If you have suffered a stress at work injury, you may be entitled to claim compensation.