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Usdaw will resist plans to cut payouts
16 January 2006
More than 20,000 victims of violent crime could be left with little or no compensation, if new government plans get the go ahead.
Usdaw has pledged to fight the proposals, currently being suggested by the Home Office, as part of an overhaul of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) scheme.
In practical terms this could see staff left concussed or with fractured ribs by a violent robber excluded from the scheme and instead offered 'practical' help like counselling or personal attack alarms.
"We will not stand idly by and allow these misguided proposals to go unchallenged," said general secretary John Hannett. "If you are attacked at work it is both physically and emotionally damaging. The Government should not be looking to take these victims out of the scheme. Another of the proposals involves taking employment cases out of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and forcing employers to pay, again this is unacceptable.
"We're not against updating the scheme but we believe this should be done with the victims placed at the forefront of the CICA not shunted down the pecking order because of inadequate funding."
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