The importance of staff records
Legally all employers are required to
keep employer's liability certificates for a period of forty years
after their expiry. We recommend that you keep a separate file
specifically for these certificates and make sure that this file is
readily available for any inspection by the Health & Safety Executive.
One client recently
received a notification of a potential employers' liability claim
arising from an assault by a resident in 1998. The employee did not
believe that she had suffered any long term injury following the
assault, but has since experienced continual pain behind her eyes and
this has been attributed to the assault.
The home had not kept
any records of their employer's liability insurance at that time, but
thankfully we were able to track back through our own files and
previous insurers to find out which insurer had been on cover at the
time.
If there was ever proof
of the need to retain your employers' liability certificate, this is
it!
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