Sunday, October 14, 2012

Employers Liability Insurance - Covers both Employer and Employee

By Sam Taylor-Smith


Employers liability Insurance covers the following: an employee falling ill, or getting injured in the workplace, or the case of an employee's death. Employers liability insurance is a must have insurance. There can be only two exceptional situations where you can save yourself from getting an employers liability insurance. Either you are running a single employee company, you being the only employee, or if you only hire your family members. In any setup other than this, employers liability insurance becomes mandatory.

Employers liability insurance is a legal obligation in many countries of the world, such as the USA, Britain and many others.

The protection employers liability insurance offers is great. In the event of an accident, and your employee(s) decide to sue you, the legal and medical fee will be covered by your insurance provider.

When covered by an employers liability insurance, part or whole of the costs of a claim may be covered for you. This depends upon the factor as to who was responsible for the accident in the first place. If it was your employee himself, you don't have to worry about the costs any further.

Note again that employers liability insurance is a legal obligation. If you did not get it, you can be punished under the law and may have to pay a fine for each day that your employee(s) were not covered. In fact, a health and safety agency may even shut down your business.

Make sure your insurance certificate is viewable by your employee(s). Put up a copy of it on notice boards in your office, and perhaps also on the company website.

Employers liability insurance (EL Insurance) covers only your employees. It doesn't cover people outside your organization. So if you want to cover the costs of general public injuries (or accidents) occurring in your business premises, you would require a public liability insurance.

Employers Liability Insurance only covers employees falling ill, getting injured or death. It doesn't cover you in case you face claims like employee termination based on faulty judgment or sexual harassment etc.

Your insurer must be authorized, otherwise you will be breaking the law. Also, you would want to compare the premium costs of different insurers so that you get yourself a decent deal.

Employers liability insurance will save you money in case your employee(s) suffer an accident. On the other hand, it gives employees a sense of security and protection. Employers Liability Insurance is by all means a win-win situation for both business owners and workers.




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