Work Accident Claims: An Inherent Right

If you find yourself thinking about whether or not to file work accident claims, then it is important for you to understand first what the general principle behind claiming compensation is because accident at work claims are merely just one of its manifestations.

Now, people are empowered by our system of laws to file an accident claim because they are perceived to possess the right to safe living. Thus, whoever causes them harm without their consent has effectively invalidated this right and must be taken into account. As human beings remain human even while in the workplace, or to say the same thing in other words, that they still retain whatever rights they possessed outside the workplace even after getting hired, their right to safety should still be respected not just by their colleagues but also and most importantly by their employer.

This duty of ensuring that the employee’s right to safe living is maintained at all times is what constitutes what is called the duty of care owed to him by the people in the workplace. When this duty of care is breached or when the employer or a colleague acted in a way that was injurious to that employee, then he could claim compensation from his injurers. The formal demand asking for such compensation is called an accident at work claim.