CICA Assault at Work Claims

It may be that your employer cannot be held responsible for your injuries, or you would prefer not to claim against them. Another option open to people who have been injured through an assault at work is to claim compensation from CICA.

To make a claim to CICA for an assault at work, you must have suffered a physical or psychological injury as a direct result of violent crime. This can also include some situations in which if you were injured whilst trying help the police or prevent a crime from happening.

For these purposes, ‘violent crime’ covers:

• Physical attacks
• Sexual assault
• Other violent behaviour which causes physical injury
• Threats which cause fear of immediate violence
• Arson

There are also some additional requirements to be able to claim. The main ones are:

• You must have reported the assault to the police as soon as you reasonably could.
• You must have co-operated with the police in bringing the attacker to justice, as far as reasonably possible.
• You must make your claim to CICA within 2 years of the incident in which you suffered your injury.
• The incident took place in England, Scotland, or Wales.

However, the person committing the violent crime does not need to have been caught or prosecuted for you to be able to make a CICA claim.

For a more detailed look at CICA claims procedure, read our blog: The CICA Claims Process – How Does It Work?