B1 – Intermediate
Injury sustained within the office premises is considered a workplace accident and it is your employer who is responsible for your medical needs. Most people are working from home these days because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, your home office is your workplace. What happens when you have these accidents while working from home?
Let’s read the German court ruling of this case.
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2112/211213-workplace-accidents-4.html
Discussion Questions:
- Do you think employers are liable for employees’ work from home accidents?
- Do you have a workplace accident insurance? If yes, what is your insurance coverage?
- What are the common workplace accidents in your line of work?
- Are you working from home? Do you have a designated home office?
4 replies on “Home Office Injuries Are Workplace Accidents”
1. Employers are liable for employees’ work from home accidents. When you start in a company as home base this information is recorded in the contract. If you have an accident during your working hours there is an insurance.
2. Yes, I have a workplace accident insurance. The purpose of this compulsory Work Accident insurance is to protect employees against possible accidents that may occur during the working day. But I have to check as at this moment I don’t know what is my insurance coverage.
3. The common workplace accidents in my line of work are: Crashes or collisions, muscle strains and repetitive strain injuries, back pain.
4. Yes, I am working from home. I have a designated home office. It is a room with a laptop, office desk, printer.
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1) Employers are liable of employee’s workplace accidents since the moment they allow employees work at home (e-mail, SMS, etc) and during the work timetable. There is a workplace accident insurance that cover this fact.
2) Yes I do. I have a workplace accident insurance that covers to me in the workplace, covers to me during the time I drive from/to home and economically covers to my husband if I have a work accident and die.
3) I work in a site with a high risk of fire accidents because we use flammable products in the paint manufacturing process. Fortunately, we haven’t had any fire accident due to a very stricted risk security system and security rules. The common workplace issues are caused by car accidents when workers drive from/to work or by minor bruises and muscle pain.
4) I would like working from home but I’m not so lucky. If I would do that I think I would have a designated home office because I need to have a daily routine at work, the same workplace included. I’m a little “squared-head” with my habits.
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