No Win No Fee? As with any major accident that happens in the workplace, injuries need to be registered by the employer. This is done to prove that the accident did in fact happen and that it was not a freak accident. This is important when making claims later on and when hiring a solicitor. As a worker, you need not do this but they do need to be aware of what has happened.
This can be done in one of two ways. A form that an employer needs to fill and get handed back to you once the injury has been checked and a report given to your employer. Or, your employer can use a smartphone app that can help to fill the form and print your report. The advantage to this approach is that you will know the accident happened and your employer can make an accurate judgment of the accident.
The disadvantage is that it will take longer for you to get your compensation. The reason is because your employer will have had to ask you to fill in the form and hand it back to you and get the reports from each of his employees in the accident.
This will mean more work for your employer to do, more chances of an error being made and a more stressful work environment for you if the accident was not properly dealt with. The advantage is they will receive more compensation which is more to pay for the incident and less to tax or save for other accidents that might happen on the same job. The disadvantage is the amount of time it will take for the compensation to reach you will have increased because some of your work will be done and some your employer will do as a report. In addition, your employer will need to send the compensation to the Health and Safety Executive, to the Insurance Association and to you to receive your compensation. This is another disadvantage that the app can help to reduce. The app will then help him to send those reports to them via email or text as appropriate and to receive the reports by email.
So, by using this app and the smartphone you can significantly cut down the time needed for the recovery of your injury or accident and reduce the potential of error or delay in receiving those reports to make sure your compensation reaches you as quickly as possible.
Another example of where this can help is if you have suffered an injury whilst on holiday. If you were out with friends or with a local in another country, your employer might be covered by a ‘no-win no-fee’ or ‘no obligatory and no recourse’ agreement. This means if you claim against an accident you have suffered, your employer will compensate you for the loss that you have suffered and if you are successful, you are compensated as well.
If you are injured on holiday and have been told about the no-win-no-fee arrangement for accidents you might be concerned whether you will be able to claim compensation against your employer or your employer might just pay all medical bills to ease the problem and if you claim it to ease the pain you might find that the pain of the accident goes away.
In the event this will be true, your holiday accident claims lawyers should be informed with the details of when and where the accident happened in the agreement and the amount of time from the agreement will be reduced and in addition, you can receive a further payment depending on how successful you are in the claim.
The ‘no win no fee’ arrangement is a great way to make sure your holiday accident claims solicitors know how to manage a claim by getting the appropriate medical treatment for you.
The agreement is there for the employer as well as the employee, so both parties benefit, the employer as a worker receives a better and faster return on a job and the employee in the process can also make sure their compensation arrives as quickly as possible.
