whiplash frall out

[didds]

son drives/delivers for a nationwide specialist firm. Rear ended in London this morning. He feels sick, and his neck hurts.

Hes been with this job just a few months and apparently vcannot receive sick pay yet.
Is waiting for his bosses to call back with advice for what to do "now" - I don;t think its very senseible to drive!!

That all aside - whiplash claims. He said he doesn;t want to claim for whiplash as it seems "scroungey". He also is conderned thatwork will think he is taking the prverbial if he takes time off fowrk because of it. Let alone the then lack of any income (which ahs knock on effects elsewhere - including me!).

WRT whiplash claoims... DAK what a "normal" state woiuld be now?

employers have insurabnce to cover him? (occupational hazard?)
He has to "sue" driver that hit him for loss of earnings?
He would receive normal wages and his employer would claim from other driver?

suck it up buttercup, lose your job, that;s just tough doodah sunshine?

FTR, he has no annual leave left this leave year - not sure when it restarts.

didds


didds

[didds]

update : leave year doesn't restart until July so he cant even use some leave if he had to etc .

didds

[CryptoPlankton]

son drives/delivers for a nationwide specialist firm. Rear ended in London this morning. He feels sick, and his neck hurts.

Hes been with this job just a few months and apparently vcannot receive sick pay yet.
Is waiting for his bosses to call back with advice for what to do "now" - I don;t think its very senseible to drive!!

That all aside - whiplash claims. He said he doesn;t want to claim for whiplash as it seems "scroungey". He also is conderned thatwork will think he is taking the prverbial if he takes time off fowrk because of it. Let alone the then lack of any income (which ahs knock on effects elsewhere - including me!).

WRT whiplash claoims... DAK what a "normal" state woiuld be now?

employers have insurabnce to cover him? (occupational hazard?)
He has to "sue" driver that hit him for loss of earnings?
He would receive normal wages and his employer would claim from other driver?

suck it up buttercup, lose your job, that;s just tough doodah sunshine?

FTR, he has no annual leave left this leave year - not sure when it restarts.

didds


didds

Given that he feels sick and his neck hurts, I would suggest the first thing to do is get medically examined immediately (i.e. today), whether at his surgery's walk-in clinic (if they have one) or at A&E. Apart from being a sensible precaution anyway, it will provide evidence (whether any physical damage is detected or not) that medical assistance was sought in the event that he decides to claim. The outcome of the examination may also help him with that decision...

P.S. WRT "a normal state", I believe the effects of whiplash can be quite delayed so it would be quite possible to have no discernible symptoms at this stage.

[Watis]

Someone I know suffered a similar accident recently.

Based on their experience it is likely that the discomforts your son is feeling today will get worse over the next few days before they start to improve. It took a month for them to get back to something approaching normal - that is, the aches and pains had cleared up and they could move around normally.

I second the advice to get medical attention today.

From the employer's perspective I would have thought they would want this too, both for your son's own good and to support the insurance claim they - and he - will no doubt be making.

HTH,

Watis

[didds]

FTR he is off to the GPs today/first thing in the morning. He's having to get back from London (100 miles away) first without getting strajnded there etc

didds

[staffordian]

I'll wait for an employment law expert to come along, but would the employer not have some responsibllity towards him, as he has had an accident at work?

I realise it was not the employer's fault, but does this absolve them of any responsibility, financial or otherwise?