STRESS AT WORK COMPENSATION CLAIM SOLICITORS
Work stress, work depression and work anxiety are a considerable medical problem and research funded by the Health and Safety Executive suggests that 1 in 5 employees consider themselves to be suffering from stress as a result of occupational factors. A high proportion of those employees go on to suffer from a debilitating psychological illness caused as a result of their employer's negligence. If an employer has failed to take adequate care for the psychological welfare and health of employees then the employer can be held liable in negligence and be ordered to pay damages.
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Risk Assessments
Employers are required to provide a safe place of work, safe plant and equipment, a safe system of work and reasonably competent co-workers and failure to do so may mean that the employer is negligent. An employer is also required to carry out a detailed risk assessment to identify anything with the potential to cause work stress, work depression or work anxiety.
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Work Induced Depression Anxiety & PTSD
Stress can cause a number of very unpleasant psychological illnesses including anxiety, clinical depression and post traumatic stress disorder and damages payable by negligent employers can be substantial with a number of recent awards exceeding £200,000. Employers will be liable to pay compensation if an employee can show :-
- that the employer has failed to provide a safe place of work and failed to keep the employee safe from psychological harm
- that the employee has suffered a recognisable psychiatric illness caused by the employer's negligence
- that the stress to which the employee was exposed was sufficient to create a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury
- that the employer failed do all he reasonably could to resolve the problem
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Symptoms
The usual definition of stress is "the reaction people have to excessive demands or pressures, arising when people try to cope with tasks, responsibilities or other types of pressure connected with their jobs, but find difficulty, strain or worry in doing so." Stress can affect both our bodies and our minds and affects everyone differently. The main symptoms of stress are depression, anxiety, insomnia and tiredness. Often people suffering from stress will complain of headaches, backaches, skin rashes and ulcers.
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Causes
Some of the most common causes of stress are :-
- dealing with clients or the public
- reorganisations and lack of job security
- poor working conditions
- threats of violence, harassment and bullying
- lack of childcare or flexibility
- lack of control over the work
- excessively demanding a job or too high a workload
- monotonous or boring work
- lack of training
- excessive hours and shift work
- frustration with inadequate managers
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No Win No fee
Our solicitors are personal injury specialists who handle compensation claims for work stress, work depression and work anxiety. Your legal claim will be dealt with using the no win no fee scheme and compensation will be paid in full with no deductions. Win or lose there is no charge. If you are suffering from anxiety or depression caused by stress at work and would like to discuss your compensation claim with a member of the Law Society panel of personal injury experts then just use the helpline or complete the contact form and a solicitor will speak to you on the telephone with no further obligation.
In the case of CICA claims terms will vary and in the case of MIB claims terms may vary.