Injury to Feeling

Stress still has a legal side to it, it is just covered by the law in a different way.

For example, if evidence of work related stress is combined with discrimination it increases the financial risk.

This is due to something called ‘injury to feeling’ being a factor in legal payouts and judgments. If present, it will usually result in greater compensation being paid out. Injury to feeling is the emotional impact of illegal acts, and stress can come under injury to feeling.