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Hunt’s Headlines – Industry Reacts
Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement has been welcomed for cutting National Insurance and making tax easier for the self-employed. Being able to claim tax...
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A Statistical Reminder Of Employers Who Don’t Care
National Accident Helpline consistently helps raise awareness of the injustices seen across many workplace industries. 2021 stats show a staggering 441,000 people sustained a non-fatal workplace injury.
Many of those injuries were felt in the construction sector.
And surveys have shown that workers fear the potential repercussions if they were to speak out and make a claim after suffering from an injury at work, through no fault of their own.
Examples of feared consequences if an employee were to claim include job loss, a bad atmosphere at work or future employment concerns if news that they'd made a claim got around to other employers.
Rights on Site
To help tackle the issue and raise awareness, the Rights on Site campaign actively calls on the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to do more and challenge unfair treatment.
“Everyone has the right to feel safe at work, no matter what industry they work in. The fact is, if someone is afraid to speak out about an accident or make a claim, who’s to say the accident won’t happen again but with worse consequences?”
– Jonathan White
Legal and compliance director, National Accident Helpline
“This is why it is so crucial that these issues are addressed in the right way,” adds White. “If an accident happens, companies can put in appropriate measures and learn from it before it’s too late.”
Picture: Construction workers fear reporting an accident and losing their job.
www.national-accident-helpline.co.uk
Article written by Cathryn Ellis
21st July 2022