Health, hygiene, and safety at work are values to be defended and promoted in the work context and which generate obligations for both employers and employees.

Considering the implications that an accident at work or an occupational disease can have on an employee’s life, it is essential that he knows his rights and knows under what terms he can claim compensation or a pension.

Belzuz Abogados' team of lawyers has the technical capacity and experience necessary to advise its clients in such a specific area as work accidents, recognition of occupational diseases and fixing disabilities.

In this context, we advise our clients both in the conciliation and in the litigation phase, namely:

- In the definition of situations considered as accidents at work and accidents in itinere;

- In the analysis of the employer's or worker's liability resulting from their culpable behaviour or violation of the rules of hygiene, safety, and health at work

- In the assessment of material damages and in the determination of:

• Compensation for temporary, absolute, or partial, incapacity for work;

• Compensation in money and pension for permanent incapacity for work;

• Provisional pension;

• Subsidy for high permanent incapacity;

• Death subsidy;

• Subsidy for funeral expenses;

• Death pension;

• Supplementary allowance for third-party assistance;

• Subsidy for the house adaptation;

• Subsidy for the professional requalification of the victim when the victim is unable to continue the previous activity.

- In the assessment of moral damages

• General permanent disability

• Quantum doloris;

• Aesthetic damages;

• Impairment of personal affirmation.

- In determining disability (a) temporary disability; b) permanent disability;

- In monitoring the attribution of the degree of incapacity and calculation of compensation for accidents at work;

- In supporting and accompanying family members in the event of mortal work accidents;

- In the definition of situations that should be qualify as occupational diseases and in obtaining a fair compensation;

- In management activities with the Work Accidents Fund to obtain payment of compensation due to replace the responsible entity following its insolvency, economic incapacity, or disappearance;

- In the processes of reviewing incapacities due to aggravation.

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