High Court to decide if employers can be on hook for damages for psychiatric injury

High Court 2024-03-12 3:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The High Court has agreed to weigh in on whether employers should be on the hook for damages if they act negligently when dismissing a worker, granting special leave to a former employee at not-for-profit Vision Australia whose $1.4 million damages award was overturned on appeal.