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Back injury claims can arise after employers have not trained their staff how to safely lift and move items.
However, people can also suffer a work-related back injury if their employer does not change the individual's role in the firm while they are recovering from a back injury sustained outside of work hours.
Although employers are usually not liable for any injuries that a worker suffers at home or on holiday, for example, they still have a duty of care towards those under their employment.
As such, if an employee is suffering from back pain or has a doctor's note as proof of an injury, the employer should take the person's ill health into account and offer them a role which will be less taxing on their back during their recovery.
If they make the staff member continue with their usual role and the worker then sustains further injury as a result, a court could determine this personal injury as the employer's responsibility.
In cases where there are no other roles available in the company, the employee may need to take time off work.
Employers should be supportive of their staff so that they can recover better and avoid having to make a compensation claim for unnecessary pain, suffering and possible loss of earnings.
Back injury claim following continuation of work role
Employers should look after their staff members' health and wellbeing, and this should extend to being aware of and sympathetic to out-of-work incidents which impact on a worker's ability to perform their role.
If you have sustained further back injury, which was made worse by having to continue too taxing a role while you were trying to recover, our expert solicitors could help you receive compensation.
To contact YouClaim about pursuing a back injury claim, call us on 0800 10 757 95, use live help to talk to an adviser over the internet, or fill in one of our short online claim forms and we'll get back to you regarding your case.
