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As any personal injury solicitor who specialises in occupational accidents can testify, one of the biggest stumbling blocks to ensuring workplace safety is the reluctance of some employers to comply with health and safety regulations.
Time and again, injury litigation lawyers take on cases that involve people who have suffered injury as a result of a breach of health and safety regulations. And, although, the punishment to negligent employers who commit these offences can be great, usually in the form of fines, suspensions and, sometimes, criminal prosecutions, many still continue to take shortcuts out of both laziness and a desire to cut costs.
The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRMIC) believes that, as well as jeopardizing employee safety, this approach also places health and safety compliant businesses at an unfair "competitive disadvantage".
Airmic technical director Paul Hopkin comments, "Apart from the obvious moral and legal imperative to protect staff, it is unfair that our members are placed at a competitive disadvantage because they observe the letter of the law.
"Firms that save money by taking shortcuts on employee safety are getting away with it because of inadequate enforcement."
And in an echo of criticisms levelled by the personal injury solicitor community, AIRMIC have stated that this inadequacy extends to enforcing the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act, the enforcement of which it has described as "inadequate", with many businesses either failing to have any cover or only having limited, insufficient, cover.
A spokesperson from the no win, no fee team at accident compensation specialist YouClaim comments, "All employers have an obligation to ensure that not only are their employees protected by health and safety legislation but that they are also protected by insurance in the unfortunate event they do suffer an accident at work. This is essential to ensure that injured employees can receive the full 100% compensation settlements they deserve."
Personal injury solicitors for cost free litigation
We have an outstanding track record in securing maximum compensation for those injured by accidents caused by other parties.
With all but the exception of clinical negligence claims, our personal injury solicitors do this on a completely charge-free basis; no costs, no fees, no disbursements and no cuts ever taken in a won case.
Accident injuries, however minor, can have a far-reaching impact on an individual's life, resulting in lost earnings, medical expenses and pain and distress.
Here at YouClaim, we seek to alleviate these strains as quickly as possible by giving you the support and representation you need.
To find out more about how we may be able to help you, echat, complete an online claim form or call us, on 0800 10 757 95.
