Injured in work - Pay?

antodeco

Hi All,
Quick question, if you are injured in work (not from negligence) and you are unable to do your job 100%, but can still work for the most part, are you entitled to any pay if your employer refuses to let you work?

Thanks

Mrs OBumble

No.

clevtrev

Generally if you are injured at work the employer will be held responsible in a court of law whether he proves he has a safe system of work in place or not (which is almost impossible).

When you say negligence I assume you mean there was no negligence on the employers part. I would say that unless you were sky diving off the roof of the office the employer will have some level of responsibility.

Re sky diving - the following would need to be in place to ensure that employer bears no responsibility

1. A sign saying that sky diving off the office can be dangerous (This sign should be translated into the mother tongue of all employees in the office)
2. All access routes to the roof of the office are chained and locked (Although Health Safety / Fire regulations would have something to say about that)
3. The company has provided training to staff warning them of the dangers of sky diving and that the employee holds a valid ticket for working at height.
4. that the work environment is properly supervised and managed to ensure that employees who get the urge to sky dive be immediately brought back to their desk and provided with counselling.
5. Method statements are in place and a safety pack issued

Sorry if this response seems a bit flippant to the ops situation but just letting them know that its not a simple case of "no" if they wanted to force the situation which is not really the way to go if you enjoy your job / have moral concerns etc etc

Shelflife

Clevtrev you are walking down the corridor going to another office, you trip on your shoelace and fall and break your wrist.

Why would an employer be expected to pay the the employee while they are out?

newbie2

Has you employer recieved guidance from a medical professional that you are unfit to preform your duties? Have you recieved advice from a medical professional that you are unfit to perform your duties? If the answer is yea to either of hte above questions then I think you should be supplied with a sick cert. You can then recieve social welfare/sick pay.

If your employer deems you unfit for duties off there own bat, then its another ball game.