WSIAT Confirms: Stress Arising from Employee’s Own Criminal Conduct is Not Compensable
Summary The Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (“Tribunal”) has confirmed that employee stress resulting from the employer’s discovery of the employee’s own criminal misconduct cannot be disguised as a compensable workplace injury or a recurrence of a prior Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (“PTSD”) entitlement. Background Facts A correctional officer (the “Worker”), appealed the denial […]