Can an employer be found to have breached its employment contract with a plaintiff by causing her mental distress?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bergman v. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (Local 608), 1999 CanLII 6116 (BC SC):
In McCartney v. Canada Post Corporation, [1997] B.C.J. No. 1078 (S.C.) McEwan, J. held that this court did not have jurisdiction to hear the plaintiff's allegations that the employer had breached its employment contract with the plaintiff even in circumstances where it was alleged that the breach had caused the plaintiff mental distress.
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