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Changes to Employers Liability Insurance

From October 1st 2008 employers are no longer required to keep copies of out-of-date employers’ liability compulsory insurance (ELCI) certificates for the 40 year period that was previously stipulated. However, employers are strongly advised to keep details of their ELCI policies as an employees’ claim may not occur for many years after the cause of the illness.

Employers must display a copy of their certificate of insurance where employees can easily read it. From 1 October 2008 such ELCI certificates can be displayed electronically so long as the employees covered by the insurance have reasonable access to them in that form. If employers choose to use electronic rather than paper display, they must make sure that all employees know how and where to find the certificate.