Lippel Katherine
Lll, Llm, Frsc, Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health and Safety Law, University of Ottawa.
Healthc Pap. 2011;11 Spec No:20-37. doi: 10.12927/hcpap.2011.22408.
The first part of this article describes regulatory interventions, drawn from different Canadian jurisdictions, designed to reduce worker exposure to psychosocial hazards, including occupational violence, and to protect workers' mental health. It also addresses legislative provisions providing workers' compensation for mental health problems and regulatory provisions supporting the return to work of those who have been absent from work because of work-related mental health problems. The second part of the article, relying on illustrations from case law in which workers' compensation claims for mental health problems have been accepted, examines ways in which law and policy can actually contribute directly or indirectly to behaviours that may lead to increasing illness and disability associated with mental health problems.
本文第一部分介绍了来自加拿大不同司法管辖区的监管干预措施，旨在减少工人接触心理社会危害，包括职业暴力，并保护工人的心理健康。它还涉及为心理健康问题提供工人赔偿的立法规定，以及支持因工作相关心理健康问题而缺勤的工人重返工作岗位的监管规定。本文第二部分借助判例法中的示例（其中心理健康问题的工人赔偿申请已获受理），探讨了法律和政策实际上可以直接或间接促成某些行为的方式，这些行为可能导致与心理健康问题相关的疾病和残疾增加。
