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Compensation Claim For Workplace Stress

Workplace Stress Law UK
Do you believe that you are the victim of workplace stress and you are now seeking advice relating to the law in the UK? Are you seeking legal advice because you are looking at your potential to make a compensation claim against your employer for workplace stress? If this is the case then you should speak to the highly successful team at as we will be able to discuss every detail of your compensation claim and we can inform you as to whether you have the eligibility to make a successful claim.

Technically, there is no single or specific law which governs stress at work in the UK, however, employers to have a responsibility to protect their workers from too much stress in the workplace. The Health and Safety Executive informs us that more days are lost because of work-related stress than any other work related illness or injury and the total days off a year are around 13 million.

If stress at work is affected your health, whether this is physically or mentally, then the team at will be able to assist you. There are a number of reasons why you could have been caused to suffer stress at work, however, some main stress triggers include too much work, lack of control over the way in which you work, poor communication, a substandard relationship with colleagues, blame culture within your organisation, lack of support to develop your skills, inflexible working schedules, bullying, racial or sexual harassment, violence in the workplace and even poor working conditions.

No matter what reason you have suffered from workplace stress the law surrounding these types of claims will be very similar and the team at can assist you if you are looking at making a claim against your employer in the UK.

An integral part of a compensation claim for work related stress is showing that you suffered harm as a direct cause of your employer’s actions, or lack of action. It is therefore important that you visit a healthcare professional, such as a GP, to receive a recognised condition that would relate to stress at work.

We are able to assist in a wide variety of compensation claims involving stress and Ms A from Birmingham recently contacted us as she felt that she was subjected to harassment by her manager. She told us that this manager spread false rumours about her and she was unfairly dismissed on these grounds. We believed that Ms A met the criteria needed to make a successful compensation claim and therefore we accepted her case and started the workplace stress compensation claims process on her behalf.

If you are the victim of workplace stress and need a team of law professionals to assist you in starting the compensation claims process against your employer in the UK then you should call the team at today on: 0845 111 22111