services for USDAW members
Members of USDAW can take advantage of the union's Legal Plus service. This means that union members and their immediate family can get expert advice on a wide range of legal issues, as well as legal assistance to pursue a compensation claim for accidents at work or on the way to or from work.
Legal Plus services for members
- claims for accidents at work, or suffered on the way to or from work
- industrial disease cases
- criminal injury compensation claims
- claims for accidents outside work, including road traffic accidents
- employment law problems (eg dismissal, redundancy, contract claims, equal pay, discrimination, pension rights)
- claims for work-related state benefits
- work-related criminal prosecutions
- free will-writing and assistance on probate matters at special rates
- conveyancing at special rates
- a free initial interview on any other legal problem not related to work with special rates for follow-up work (consumer problems, neighbour disputes, debt advice, crime)
Legal Plus services for your family
If you are a member of USDAW, any member of your family living in the same household as you can get help under the scheme for
- road traffic accident claims (this is exactly the same service as members receive)
- other accidents (a free initial interview with special rates for follow-up work under a 'no win no fee' arrangement)
- a free initial interview on any other legal problem with special rates for follow-up work
- free will-writing for members' partners and assistance on probate matters at special rates
accidents at work
Legal costs can be prohibitively high, and legal aid isn't available for accident and disease claims. Private 'no win no fee' arrangements can mean you paying up front for insurance. With USDAW's Legal Plus service, if you are an USDAW member and you have suffered an injury at work, we can act for you to recover compensation at no cost to you. We have a Collective Conditional Fee Agreement with USDAW which means that, provided you keep your union contributions up to date and comply with USDAW's rules, the union will cover all of your legal costs. You will receive all the compensation you are entitled to, without deductions of any kind.
contact us
for further information about the Legal Plus scheme please contact Fay Williams on 0115 977 5806.