From Introduction: "This text proposes to treat an important development which has taken
place in the United Kingdom in recent years in the field of the employer’s
common law duty of care. It is proposed to analyse briefly the well
established concept of the employer’s common law duty of care towards
his employees which, until recently, applied generally only to physical
injuries and illnesses. The development of this concept in recent years
into the psychiatric field is a welcome step forward and shows how
labour law has progressed and is progressing in the 21st century."(...