If you work, you’re probably at least vaguely aware of the importance of health and safety at work; particularly if you work in the manufacturing industry, or in a factory, or in another similar role. All employers have an important duty of care to ensure that their employees are not harmed during the course of their employment, which is why there are so many rules and regulations employers must follow.
But still, rules are broken and regulations are not followed correctly, and employees become injured through the negligence of their employers. If your employer has failed to maintain the important duty of care they have for you, and they are found to be negligent, you are entitled to make a claim for compensation for the injuries and suffering you have had to endure. So, how’s it work then?
Well, it is a legal requirement for your employers to have an employer’s liability insurance policy in place to cover all of their employees for any injuries they sustain during the course of their employment. You are completely free, and legally entitled, to claim for compensation from it. In fact, the insurance is there for that very purpose!
A lot of people are unsure about claiming against their employer; and I can completely understand why. In a time of financial strain across the global and domestic economy, and with our government looking to slash as much as they can from literally everywhere, it’s not a time to get on the wrong side of your boss! But your employers cannot legally do anything to adversely affect your employment for putting a claim in against them. If they did, they would be landing themselves in a significant amount of legal trouble.
Aside from the fact above, we often find in our experience that employers are normally quite happy for employees to claim for compensation against them. After all, the insurance policy they are legally required to have is there for this very reason – to claim from in the event you are injured. It’s a completely normal process, and the point of the policy’s existence.
So, you should have nothing to worry about! In fact, this insurance policy actually covers solicitors for their legal fees as well! So you don’t pay a penny for having legal representation.
Having a solicitor on board for the case is a must – in order to ensure you get the maximum compensation you are entitled to receive, it’s essential to have an expert personal injury specialist working on your case. Only a fully qualified solicitor is capable of making sure you get the maximum you are legally entitled to recover – so it’s great that the insurance policy covers our fees!
So, what should you do if you have been involved in an accident at work? Seek advice from a specialist personal injury solicitor to see if you have a claim. If you do, you should make sure you get a genuine No Win No Fee agreement with the solicitor, and make sure they give you the best advice on what happens next.
A Genuine No Win No means that you will not have to pay a penny win or lose for a claim. For example, we at The Injury Lawyers offer our Genuine No Win No Fee with a complete guarantee that we will not charge you. If the claim is not successful, we do not charge you, as we only take on a claim that we are confident we can win. If the claim is successful, we recover our fees from the insurance policy, and we restrict the fees to whatever we get back. So, if there is ever a shortfall in our fees, under our Genuine No Win No Fee, we cannot recover any excess amount from you! We of course wouldn’t want to anyway, but it’s there in black and white for you to know comfortably that you will not be charged for the work carried out.
For specialist advice on claiming for a work injury, feel free to give us a call for a free, no obligation chat about claiming.
