Injury awards procedure
Employees or managers should report all accidents immediately via the First Notification of Loss Form (formerly PO3 form). You can find the form on our intranet.
If necessary, they should notify the Health and Safety Executive via the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR).
Managers should take some responsibility for ensuring that a claim is made in appropriate cases.
Any claim for an injury award allowance should be made to the head of service of the employing director area. The head of service will determine the facts and submit the claim to the head of HR. They will then consider the claim.
If the scheme does not apply to the claim, then we will give a formal notice of refusal.
All claims within the scheme are referred to our medical adviser to review:
- if the person is disabled and prevented from carrying out their current employment
- if the disability is permanent or temporary
- if the disability will cause a permanent loss of employment or a permanent reduction in earnings
- and, assess how the employee's earning capacity has been affected as a result
We will give an annual allowance as a percentage of annual pay.
When considering the amount, we will take some payments from the allowance:
- pension entitlement and, where applicable, associated lump sum (expressed as an annuity)
- benefits payable under current Department of Work and Pensions legislation which result from the injury
- amounts payable in respect of liability claims against the employer
- any amount recovered arising from a claim for damages which is attributable to loss of earnings
- any other payment arising out of and attributable to the injury (other than any lump sum payable under this scheme)