LRD guides and handbook July 2016

Health and safety law 2016

Chapter 11

Common law rights to protection against bullying


[ch 11: page 194]

Under the common law, employers may be (and have been held) liable for psychiatric or psychological damage caused by bullying or harassment at work. The discussion above on psychiatric injury caused by work-related stress applies equally here.

There is more detailed information available in LRD’s companion publication Law at Work (www.lrdpublications.org.uk/publications.php?pub=BK&iss=1827).