{"id":432,"date":"2009-07-07T16:28:10","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T15:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=432"},"modified":"2009-07-07T16:28:10","modified_gmt":"2009-07-07T15:28:10","slug":"are-you-a-worker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2009\/07\/07\/are-you-a-worker\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You A Worker?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Workplace Regulations are there to protect workers from accidents at work<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you have an accident but are not a \u2018worker\u2019 then you are not likely to be able to claim under The Workplace Regulations<\/em> but that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t claim in another way. It just means that you can\u2019t benefit from this excellent bunch of regulations.<\/p>\n

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A particularly important case that outlines that the Workplace regulations are there to protect \u2018workers\u2019 only is \u2018Donaldson v Hays Distribution Services<\/strong>\u2019. In this case it was found that the 1992 Work Place Regulations did not extend to protect non-workers who are present in the workplace.<\/p>\n

The reasons they provided for making this decision are as follows:<\/p>\n

1. The Workplace Regulations were put in to place in order to protect workers
\n2. There is nothing within the Regulations which indicates that they should be extended to those on the premises as visitors, not workers
\n3. The idea of the Regulations was to \u2018supersede\u2019 those set out in occupiers\u2019 liability act, without the need to amend the act.<\/p>\n

In my mind the Workplace Regulations are quite extensive and from a legal perspective if a Client of mine is a \u2018worker\u2019 then it makes my job easier in claiming compensation<\/a> for him\/her.<\/p>\n

There are so many regulations, I can usually find a breach but just remember you can only rely on these excellent Regulations if you are a \u2018worker\u2019 as defined under the Regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Workplace Regulations are there to protect workers from accidents at work. If you have an accident but are not a \u2018worker\u2019 then you are not likely to be able to claim under The Workplace Regulations but that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t claim in another way. It just means that you can\u2019t benefit from this … Continue reading Are You A Worker?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-claims"],"yoast_head":"\nAre You A Worker?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2009\/07\/07\/are-you-a-worker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Are You A Worker?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Workplace Regulations are there to protect workers from accidents at work. 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