Employees who do emotional labor, such as sales clerks at department stores and hypermarkets, will be able to receive industrial accident compensation if they suffer from depression because of customers’ physical or verbal violence.The Ministry of Employment and Labor said a revised bill passed the National Assembly on Tuesday.

According to the modified law, the ministry has added adjustment disorders ― people experiencing social and psychological stress ― to illnesses that qualify for industrial accident compensation. So far, the relevant law has recognized only post-traumatic stress disorders.

“Now that we have included depression and adjustment disorders in the category entitled for compensation, almost all mental diseases can be covered by industrial accident insurance,” a ministry official said.

Starting in July, the law will expand to cover industrial accident insurance for certain jobs, including loan solicitors, credit card recruitment agents and relief drivers, whose numbers total 110,000 throughout the country.