Ryan Conlin and Jeremy Schwartz discuss a landmark WSIAT decision which held sections of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act unconstitutional, the potential fallout and strategies for managing workplace stress claims (and possibly certain wrongful dismissal claims) going forward.
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