A Review on the Judicial Recognition of Occupational Stress (3)

Abstract

This symposium explored the controversial stress factors that were or were not acknowledged by the courts as overloading or illegal. It also discussed the presence of these factors in multiple occupations and identified the measures that could be taken to solve these problems. A case involving a chief officer of the Sapporo-Higashi Labor Standards Inspection Office (Sapporo District Court decision, October 14, 2020) was taken up, and presentations were made on the criteria and judgment for the recognition of mental disorders of workers with dysarthria (difficulty speaking), and from the standpoints of industrial physicians and human resource management departments.