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A pub company, Six Continents Retail, lost its appeal against the award of work accident compensation to a former employee who collapsed after working 82 to 92 hour weeks. The employee, Mark Hone, who had complained of feeling tired but had not made an official complaint was suffering from extreme stress and tiredness and collapsed while working. In previous cases telling his employer that he was tired would not have been enough to win the case but the judges said that the hours he was working represented a ‘cry for help’.
This case means that employers will no longer be able to get away with claiming ignorance and many people will pursue personal injury compensation for a work accident. Stress is becoming more widely recognised as a valid work accident. Many people suffer from stress in the UK and many of those people attribute their stress directly to their workload or the long hours they have to work. Unhappiness and dissatisfaction in the workplace can also lead to stress related illness in employees.
