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Most information regarding work accidents assumes that the person who is injured is an employee of the company at which he or she was injured, but it is important to remember that some cases may involve agency workers, or 'temps'.
In these situations, there can be confusion over the responsibility of the two employers in cases of work injury. Both the employment agency and the user business have obligations toward the person who has suffered an injury, and, in a compensation claim, each employer's lawyers may try to demonstrate that any fault is the other employer's.
From a claimant's point of view, it is therefore important to ensure that any no win, no fee solicitor appointed to handle an industrial accident claim is aware if the client is an agency worker, and - more importantly - that he or she understands the complexities that status may bring.
For example, while it is best practice for a user business to include its agency workers in any risk assessments it undertakes as if they were full employees, the agency cannot ignore its own responsibility to look out for the safety of its workers. One obvious method is to insist that the user businesses comply with this best practice; the agency may also demand to see copies of the accident book to check overall health and safety compliance.
As with a business' own employees, the obligations on both user firm and agency grow more onerous the more hazardous the work to be undertaken is.
As the complexities of the situation will vary from incident to incident, it is impossible to cover all eventualities here - it is wise, therefore, to seek advice from a specialist industrial accident lawyer.
Personal injury lawyers for your work accident
Whether you are an agency worker or a direct employee, the panel at YouClaim has a no win, no fee solicitor with the specialism you need. If you have been injured in an accident at work, through the actions or negligence of others, then you may well be eligible to claim the damages you deserve, and we will be able to help.
We will be able to do so for free, too - not only do we operate a no win, no fee agreement, we ensure that the fee in a winning case is not charged to you, that your opponent's fees never come to you, and that you are protected from the costs that relate to the claim - you pay nothing, win or lose. You also receive 100 percent compensation in a won case, as most of ours are, with no cut taken by your work injury solicitor.
Our panel is entirely drawn from UK firms governed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, and can boast one of the highest success rates in the country - we may be free, but we do not scrimp on quality.
For more information about our work accident services, please call 0800 10 757 95, chat to us online, or fill out a claim form.
