Learn If You Are Entitled To Full Pay If You Have An Accident At Work

If you have suffered an injury following a workplace accident, you may be wondering, ‘Are you entitled to full pay if you have an accident at work?’ especially if you needed to take time off of work to recover from the injuries you suffered. We’ll explain when you might be eligible to claim sick pay, as well as explain how your employment contract can affect your entitlement.

We have also included how you can claim lost earnings and other costs as part of your compensation if you have an eligible personal injury claim. The end of this guide looks at the particular No Win No Fee arrangement our panel of solicitors offer and how they could help you recoup these lost earnings as part of your compensation settlement.

You can ask our advisors any questions you may have about claiming sick pay after an accident at work. The team can also provide a free assessment of your eligibility to start a claim. Get in touch today using the contact details provided here:

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Are You Entitled To Full Pay If You Have An Accident At Work?

Whether you’re entitled to full pay after an accident at work will depend on your employment contract. In the UK, employees get a legal minimum holiday entitlement of 28 days of annual leave, including bank holidays. Anything on top of this, including paid sick leave, is down to the employer’s discretion.

You should check your employment contract to see what your sick pay entitlements are. You may have a number of paid sick days, or your company may make provision for long-term paid leave in serious cases. Additionally, if your employer does offer sick pay, this may be your full wage amount or a percentage of this.

To find out more about claiming contractual sick pay after being injured at work, talk to our dedicated advisors using the contact information given above.

Are You Eligible To Claim Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)?

Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is paid by your employer weekly if you’re too sick to work. You will receive £116.75 per week for up to 28 weeks. In order to be eligible to claim SSP you will need to meet the following criteria:

  1. You are classed as an employee and have undertaken work for your employer.
  2. Have average pay of at least £123 a week.
  3. Have been sick for at least 3 days in a row (including non-working days).

You cannot receive SSP if you are already receiving maternity pay or are off work for more than 28 weeks. To learn more about claiming SSP, talk to our advisors today using the contact details given above. 

How Do You Claim For Loss of Earnings After An Accident At Work?

If you have suffered an injury in an accident at work, such as a spinal injury in a slip and fall, you may be able to be reimbursed for any earnings you have lost as part of a personal injury claim. However, you would need to prove your injury was caused by your employer breaching a duty of care they owed you to be able to make a personal injury claim.

Under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, your employer must take reasonable steps to help prevent you from coming to harm while at work as part of their duty of care. If they failed to adhere to this duty and this led to your accident and subsequent injury, you could make a claim for personal injury compensation.

Any lost earnings you have expereinced due to these injuries could be reimbursed for under special damages. This is one of the heads of loss that personal injury compensation may be awarded under, the other being general damages, which compensates for the actual harm you sustained.

Other special damages you could claim for are:

  • Medical costs such as prescriptions.
  • Therapy sessions.
  • Home modifications
  • Care costs.

You will need to provide evidence of any costs you incurred as a result of your injuries, so make sure you keep copies of your payslips, prescription letters, invoices for care and other documentation that shows you incurred these losses. 

To inquire further about claiming for lost income following a workplace accident, contact our advisors today using the contact information given below.

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See If You Can Claim Compensation On A No Win No Fee Basis

Now that we’ve answered the question, “Are you entitled to full pay if you have an accident at work?” we’re going to look at how our panel of expert accident at work solicitors can help you claim compensation for your injuries and any loss of earnings they have caused you to experience.

Although you do not need to work with a solicitor on your case, one from our panel could help make the claiming process as easy as possible for you, and help ensure you receive compensation for any financial losses you have expereinced as well as for your injuries. They could help you with gathering the necessary evidence you need to prove these expenses.

Additionally, our highly experienced panel can offer their services on a No Win No Fee basis, with a particular type of contract called a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA).

Starting a claim under this agreement will provide a number of advantages, including:

  • You won’t pay any fees for the solicitor to start work on your claim.
  • There will also be no fees for this work during the claims process itself.
  • And finally, if the claim fails, no fees will be taken for their services.

If you win the claim, you’ll receive personal injury compensation. Part of this compensation will be taken by the solicitor as their success fee. Since the percentage that this success fee is legally limited, you will keep most of any compensation you receive. 

Contact Us

You can ask our advisors any questions you may have about claiming sick pay after a work accident. The team can also provide a free assessment of your eligibility to start a claim. Get in touch today using the contact details provided here:

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Read More About How To Claim Accident At Work Compensation

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Thank you for taking the time to read our post. We hope we have given an adequate answer to the question, “Are you entitled to full pay if you have an accident at work?” For more guidance or to get a free assessment of your eligibility to claim compensation, contact our advisors today using the contact information given above.