New Brunswick worker seeks workers’ comp benefits related to mental stress from HR meeting
Back in 2025, a New Brunswick worker alleged that a meeting she had with HR precipitated her departure from the workplace and need for workers’ comp benefits.
However, the Workers Compensation Appeals Tribunal disagreed, finding that the events described did not constitute a "traumatic event" under the Workers' Compensation Act.
As a result, on April 7, 2026, chairperson Chelsea Seale denied the claim.
The worker was appealing a May 7, 2025, decision from the Decision Review Office (DRO) of the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission of New Brunswick, which denied her application for compensation benefits related to ongoing mental stress. It determined that the described events did not meet the criteria of an accident as required by the Workers’ Compensation Act.
The worker had alleged bullying, harassment, and discrimination in the workplace, and told the commission's adjudicator that, as far back as 2023, she felt she was not well-received at work. The worker alleged a pattern of mistreatment that involved a "constant lack of acknowledgement, dismissal, and setting bars way more than for regular employees."
On March 5, 2025, she says she had a panic attack following a meeting with HR department that she says involved derogatory characterizations of her personality, including labels such as "bully," "suspicious" and "attitude issues."
She...
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