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PIC upholds psych claim from monitored worker

A worker who sustained a psychological injury, after her employer started monitoring her work schedule, has won her bid for compensation, with a commission finding the actions of her team leader didn't constitute a "performance appraisal" invoking the reasonable-action defence.

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