Compensation




‘Underhand' insurer tried to dupe injury victim

A trade union is warning members who are injured at work not to accept offers of compensation from their employers or insurance companies without taking independent legal advice. Factory worker Shaun Powell, whose foot was crushed by a huge metal bea...

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20 July 2012
Usdaw fights for violent crime compensation

Retail union Usdaw is fighting government cost-cutting plans which would deny thousands of workers compensation after violent attacks at work.

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6 April 2012
Lords vote down 'cruel' legal aid move

Dying victims of occupational cancers should not be penalised as a consequence of the government's drive to trim £350m of the legal aid bill by 2015, peers have said.

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16 March 2012
Compensation 'under threat' from government

Workers are facing an 'onslaught' by the government on their ability to claim compensation, the TUC has warned.

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17 February 2012
Injury victims left out as PM does insurers' bidding

Victims of negligent employers have been left in the cold by the prime minister, who has held a Downing Street 'summit' with insurance industry top brass and employers' organisations to discuss cutting the compensation bill.

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17 February 2012
Justice under threat from all sides

Workers are facing a government 'onslaught' on their ability to get justice after being abused at work, the TUC has warned.

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3 February 2012



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