[pepsionice]

In this case, I don’t see what the heck a wellness program would accomplish. Looks like some marginal HR gimmick. I think Microsoft will lose on this case.

[MPJackal]

I don’t know. Started in 2008. Had to work it for 1 1/2 years but stayed for 8. Then suffered PTSD? Why stay in the job for 6 1/2 extra years? Why not quit?

[Swordmaker]

In this case, I don’t see what the heck a wellness program would accomplish. Looks like some marginal HR gimmick. I think Microsoft will lose on this case.

I think the employees' only real avenue of relief, because they're claiming mental health damage, is filing workers compensation claims for PTSD and stress.

[Swordmaker]

In this case, I don’t see what the heck a wellness program would accomplish. Looks like some marginal HR gimmick. I think Microsoft will lose on this case.

It will never reach court. I just ran it by my girlfriend who is Nurse Case Manager for major company that works with people wending their way through the gates of Workers Comp in California (most states have the same rules about what workers can sue their employers for) and she says this is clearly a Workers Compensation Case and will be denied because the workers have no standing to sue their employer under Washington's Workers Compensation laws.