Standards for Recognition of Mental disorders as Occupational Accidents:

The (NEC) case involving the Chief of the Mita Labor Standards Inspection Office; Tokyo High Court decision, October 21, 2019 (final)

Abstract

The national government is currently considering a revision of the Standards for Recognition of Mental Disorders due to the Intense Psychological Burden (Labour Standards Notice No.1226 Article 1, dated December 26, 2011). The judgment, in this case, is a Tokyo High Court decision that recognized occupational causality by amending the standards for recognition of the deterioration of subject diseases that have been an issue for consideration. This paper examines why the court recognized occupational causality without any specific event and the scope of applicability, and reviews various matters from an occupational health point of view.