Conspiracy Claims in Employment Law

The legal claim of conspiracy in employment law is available where an employer intends to cause harm to an employee or ought to have known its conduct would lead to harm and, as a result, the employee actually suffers some form of injury, such as mental distress.

The claim of conspiracy is generally restricted to conduct where there is a real or constructive intent to injure the plaintiff.

The plaintiff must ensure that he/she is able to satisfy all of the elements required for the tort of conspiracy in order to successfully bring an action, which include:

an agreement amongst conspirators, which can sometimes be inferred;
the predominant purpose of such agreement is to cause injury to the plaintiff, or the defendant ought to have known its conduct would cause injury;
the means to accomplish such purpose may be lawful or unlawful; and
actual damages suffered by the plaintiff.

Conspiracy claims are generally achieved with difficulty.

Read our employment law articles about Conspiracy Claims for more information.