Accident at Work: Should the employer be responsible for out of pocket expenses?

Re: Accident at Work

He should insist on getting his shift rate as this is his work pattern. They know this and are just been mean about it. He should ring them up and point out he has bills that need paying and he depends on correct rate of pay from his job. I worked for many yrs in a software company and if one was out sick through accident at work, if you where on shift you got paid your shift. I know sick pay is usually up to the employer to pay or not to pay so if they are going to pay then they should pay shift.

ellamac said:

Hi Carpenter - thanks for response and advice. It turns out that the employer are going to pay my husband a basic pay, less social welfare and less shift allowance and overtime - so in one way they are giving it to him and in another they are taking it away! They still won't pay for medical expenses, even though the company doctor agreed that they should pay them! At least getting half his salary is something!!

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Hi Ellamac,

Ive moved this post to the Work forum as it is essentially a "Health and Safety at Work" issue.

aj

Hi ajapale - thanks for that.

Hi dodo - thanks for advice but at least we are getting something. From good advice received on this site, we are going to arrange a meeting with them next week and hopefully try to resolve it once and for all - should be fun!!

It is an interesting situation.Technically an employer is only responsible for an accident at work if he was at fault for the accident such as a slippy floor or a machine without a guard. He cannot be held responsible in most circumstances if another employee was clumsy.If the accident happened outside work on a footpath for example you would not be able to sue the council because the council were not at fault. Nevertheless most employers would look after their employees in these circumstances.

col said:

Technically an employer is only responsible for an accident at work if he was at fault for the accident such as a slippy floor or a machine without a guard. He cannot be held responsible in most circumstances if another employee was clumsy.

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An employer is legally required to provide safe co-workers. Its a common law duty of care and employers have been sucessfully sued under it.

And I believe many people have sued councils in their time over faulty footpaths!


If I was in this situation, I'd be making an appointment with a solicitor asap!

Hi,
I had a nasty accident at work about eight years ago. I was distracted by a co worker while using a machine. I was also very happy with my job and my employer, but eventually I sucessfully sused.
When you realise the long term effects of something like this, you have no choice. I had worked on machines for years before that, but eventually had to leave due to my fear of having another accident.
To be fair my employer did continue to pay me while I was out and there were no problems at work when I made a claim.