Managing stress returnees
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Sutherland v Hatton [2002] IRLR 263 CA (3 other reports)
When staff return from sick leave due to stress the onus is on the employer to ensure their workload is appropriate, the Court of Appeal has ruled, by Nicholas Moore.
The Court of Appeal in Young v Post Office, 2002, ECWA Civ 661, has ruled that an employer cannot successfully defend a claim for damages caused by stress at work on the grounds that it allowed the employee to work as little or as much as he or she wanted.