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Employer Respnsibility
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Feck... more permie mentalityHow fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think -
You need to speak to a guy called Chico who posts here now and then. He has the answer to everything apparently.
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Your best bet is to seek legal advice and possibly pursue compensation for your loss of earnings through some (ambulance chaser) lawyers.First Law of Contracting: Only the strong surviveComment
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No, you aren't (or at least, not directly).
The key point is that you're not an employee of the client, so you are not protected by their employee benefits scheme. You can only sue if you can demonstrate negligence or fault on their part.
You should be able to claim on the insurance of the person driving the car (assuming that it was their fault, of course).
You could, in theory, sue your own limited company, and then use your limited company to pursue a claim against the client's company. But this would be difficult to pursue unless you could show that the client had promised to provide transport as part of the contract.
Think you need a lawyer, but I would expect your only viable claim will be against the individual who caused the accident.Comment
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Jeezuz.Are that company obliged to pay me whilst I recover
Supose you give your window cleaner a lift to the shops to get a new bucket. Supose you have a crash on the way and window cleaner breaks his legs.
Q. Do you think you would be legaly obliged to keep paying him for the windows he can no longer clean?
A. (in case you hadnt guessed) No.
Q. Could said window cleaner chase, via your car insurance, monies for loss of earnings resulting from the crash.
A. Yes
Q. Will said window cleaner likely see this money any time soon.
A. No
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Nah! An EPC I'll bet [Envious Permie c\/nt].Originally posted by pickleAre you really a contractor?
I mean, who cares about Employer Responsibility when you're your own employer?
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Job done then!Originally posted by zeitghostYou seem to have discouraged the OP, chaps...
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Bit of a shame he removed the post, I didn't get to laugh at whatever it was he wrote
Oh well....
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