Cut finger to cost council £100k

wtf, our council have money?

£100k just for a cut finger.. I'm so gonna sue these paper companies.

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

Does Mr. Threlfail not have a mind of his own? If he was given the wrong gloves, HE should of said something, not professionally self-harm himself and blame another person. I wouldn't give him any money, unless he is generally a nice person and you could give a compensation payout through compassionate reasons. However, he may be nice, but he's about as annoying as the man in that compensation advert who was given the wrong ladder and crushed his hand and blamed his boss for it. Makes me cringe everytime :P

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Exactly, it's called personal responsibility people!

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Originally Posted by Apple

Dang why didn't I 'accidentally' cut my finger when I was working with the council for work experience. :(

What a load of rubbish, maybe if he had lost his finger altogether but a cut...?

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lmao, classic unintentional pun! +rep

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Originally Posted by Jordy

lmao, classic unintentional pun! +rep

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Omg lol you're right. I didn't have a clue. :P

Awful lot of money but the ruling itself isn't surprising. Employers have a responsibility to their employees and they have failed in this responsibility according to the law (in tort there are tests that ensure this is the case). Certainly too much money though.

maybe its more then what we think. Maybe he was the binman who opened the bin with the cat that the woman threw in there, and the cats claws through his gloves.

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Originally Posted by Nixt

Awful lot of money but the ruling itself isn't surprising. Employers have a responsibility to their employees and they have failed in this responsibility according to the law (in tort there are tests that ensure this is the case). Certainly too much money though.

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Employees also have the right to exercise common sense - which is where this man clearly failed.

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Originally Posted by Nixt

Awful lot of money but the ruling itself isn't surprising. Employers have a responsibility to their employees and they have failed in this responsibility according to the law (in tort there are tests that ensure this is the case). Certainly too much money though.

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Law <3 Corporate responsibility is incredibly controversial. Some corporations really should consider hiring people with common sense rather than people who are a few sandwiches short of a picnic. A small payout could of worked, but this is just too much money for someone who is more in the wrong than the people who hired him. A simple accident turned into a riot, it's a bit unacceptable :/

I'd feel pretty guilty getting £100k for that in this climate tbh..