http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/13909/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/no-workers-compensation-work-related-stress-nova-s/32058 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Courts may bring much-needed change, advocate believes </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/large_3219739610.jpg" alt="" title="Workers, such as firemen, paramedics but also secretaries bullied by their manager, suffer from work-related stress as the result of a build-up of multiple traumatic events over a long time. But Workers&#039; Compensation excludes work-related stress, unless it can be attributed to one single event. This needs to change, many believe, and the courts may well agree. Photo RTD Photography" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>K&#39;JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - Sometimes post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) is caused by a single major event.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/no-workers-compensation-work-related-stress-nova-s/32058" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/no-workers-compensation-work-related-stress-nova-s/32058#comments Robert Devet Health Labour CUPE NSGEU PTSD stress WCB Workers compensation Workers Compensation Board Mon, 03 Nov 2014 17:37:57 +0000 Robert DeVet 32058 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca