The Compensability of Chronic Stress: A Policy Dilemma for the Ontario Workers' Compensation Board

Samuel E. D. Shortt

Canadian Public Policy, 1995, vol. 21, issue 2, 219-232

Abstract: This paper examines the recent attempt on the part of the Ontario Workers' Compensation Board to delineate a policy for the compensation of chronic stress. It briefly reviews the policy process within the context of workers' compensation legislation. Arguments for compensating stress rest on the recognition of the changing nature of work injuries and the discriminatory fallacy of drawing a distinction between mental and physical illness. The principle constraints on policy are the diagnostic challenge of accurately identifying work stress and the probable cost of such a policy. The paper concludes with suggestions for the development of a coherent policy on compensable stress.

Date: 1995
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