STRESS AT WORK - COMPENSATION CLAIMS SOLICITOR
It is an employers legal duty to make sure that employees do not suffer from unacceptable stress at work and are not made ill by the work that they do. Employers who do not take this problem seriously may leave themselves open to stress at work compensation claims from employees who have suffered ill health. Under health and safety law a risk assessment for stress at work must be carried out which involves looking for psychological pressures that could cause unacceptable health problems, identifying who might be harmed and deciding whether enough is being done to prevent that harm. If necessary an employer must then take reasonable steps to alleviate the problem and the risk assessment must be reviewed when ever it may no longer be valid. Employees including Trade Union safety representatives should be involved at every stage of the assessment process for stress at work.
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Employer Negligence
Employers will be liable to pay damages for personal injury in stress at work compensation claims if it can shown :-
- that the employee has suffered a recognisable psychiatric illness caused by the employer's negligence
- that the employer failed do all he reasonably could to resolve the problem
- that the employer has failed to provide a safe place of work and failed to keep the employee safe from psychological harm.
- that the stress to which the employee was exposed was sufficient to create a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury
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Common 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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Compensation Awards
Compensation that can be claimed may include :-
- damages for pain and suffering
- actual past wages losses and estimated future losses
- care costs
- medical expenses and prescriptions
- payment for free help
- loss of life's amenities
- legal costs
- reduced employment prospects
- interest
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No Win No Fee
Our specialist solicitors are members of the Law Society panel of personal injury experts and operate the risk free no win no fee scheme. You will not be asked to fund or finance your stress at work compensation claim and you do not have to pay for any expenses. Damages awarded are paid in full. For free advice from a solicitor just use the helpline or complete the contact form and a member of the Law Society panel of personal injury experts will speak to you on telephone at no cost and with no obligation.
In the case of CICA claims terms will vary and in the case of MIB claims terms may vary.