No mental stress benefits for federal worker in New Brunswick

Worker at federal penitentiary subject to provincial workers’ compensation regime, which excluded gradual-onset mental stress

The New Brunswick Court of Appeal has overturned a federal penitentiary worker’s award of workers’ compensation for gradual-onset mental stress, reinstating the original decision denying the claim on the basis such stress is not compensable in the province for any workers.

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