업무상 스트레스의 새로운 유형과 산업재해보상에 관한 연구

As industrial society changes, the causes of stress that workers experience while performing their jobs are also changing dramatically due to the climate crisis and various disasters. However, the current industrial accident compensation system only regulates work-related stress that arises from traditional work environments. As a result, injured workers have difficulty having their deaths and illnesses caused by new work-related stress recognized. This study analyzed scattered compensation cases related to occupational mental illnesses and cerebrovascular diseases from 2015 to 2025. It then identified work-related stress factors not explicitly stated in the current workers' compensation system. I identified three new work-related stress factors: reality shock experienced by new employees, digital micromanagement in the workplace, disaster safety work. First, reality shock is the psychological shock that arises from the discrepancy between the expectations formed before joining a new employee and the work reality they experience after joining the company. This mainly occurs in employees who have experienced mental illness due to work-related stress. In response, the authors proposed an alternative approach: determining the work-relatedness of reality shock by taking into account the characteristics of the employee and the causes and symptoms of reality shock after joining the company. Next, the study identified the potential for digital micromanagement in the workplace to cause ongoing psychosocial stress, including artificial intelligence, robotics, algorithmic monitoring and evaluation, and productivity pressures. It also highlighted the need to revise work-related stress factors to reflect the psychosocial risks of digital technology-based work and to relax the burden of proof only in technical areas requiring expertise. Finally, the report confirmed that disaster safety work is a stressor that arises while carrying out public service duties of response and recovery at various disaster sites, and proposed that this should be included in the special provisions for recognizing work-related injuries. The causes of work-related stress experienced by workers are subject to changes in society as a whole, so it is not possible to categorize them all. However, if accumulated work-related stress is identified through existing legal precedents and administrative analysis, the relevant factors should at least be clearly documented. This will require the establishment of a system that allows workers to receive universal medical benefits and return to work before they die from work-related stress.