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> but where do you draw the line?

How about grouping the jobs into two categories: A) Causes PTSD and B) Doesn't cause PTSD

If a job as a constantly high percentage of people ending up with PTSD, then they aren't equipped well enough to handle it, by the company who employs them.



>How about grouping the jobs into two categories: A) Causes PTSD and B) Doesn't cause PTSD

I fail to see how this addresses my previous questions of "it's purely a monetary dispute?" and "where do you draw the line?". If a job "Causes PTSD" (whatever that means), then what? Are you entitled to hazard pay? Does this work out in the end to a higher minimum wage for certain jobs? Moreover, we don't have similar classifications for other hazards, some of which are arguably worse. For instance, dying is probably worse than getting PTSD, but the most dangerous jobs have pay that's well below the national median wage[1][2]. Should workers in those jobs be able to sue for redress as well?

[1] https://www.ishn.com/articles/112748-top-25-most-dangerous-j...

[2] https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm


What could a company provide a police officer with to prevent PTSD from witnessing a brutal child abuse case? A number of sources i found estimate the top of the range to be ~30% of police officers may be suffering from it

[1] https://www.policepac.org/uploads/1/2/3/0/123060500/the_effe...


You can’t prevent it but you can help deal with it later.




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