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Posted By Brando
All,
One for thought / comment:
A member of staff slips on ice and hurts leg. No one in the area see's anything. There is a strong doubt that she didn't even slip and is in fact taking the mickey, but she gets a payout following a claim.
A health and safety manager slips. Should he make a claim or are we morally bound not to claim?
Brando
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Posted By J Knight
Hi Brando,
If I was injured at work, and suffered an identifiable loss (loss of earnings, loss of amenity) I would excercise my common law right and seek compensation. Slipping no ice, no, slipping on ice and breaking my ankle I might,
John
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Posted By dervan
My own rule of thumb - If you are injured during the course of your work then claim regardless of who saw or did not. That's what the insurance is for.
One instance does not in any way influence the other.
There will always be the folks who make spurious claims and are exaggerating etc - you just met one that's all
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Posted By GeoffB4
Dervan - Regardless of whether you suffered any financial loss?
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Posted By Dave Merchant
What have morals got to do with it?
in other words, why should a H+S manager feel morally obliged to protect their company (or rather their company's insurance broker) any more or less than the other employees?
Guilt over failing to follow your own policy is nothing to do with morality.
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