Between Bed and Desk Considered as a ‘Work Path’

A citizen working from home in Germany caused a very interesting event. A German man, whose name has not been shared due to legal proceedings on the matter, got up from his bed in the morning. to a downstairs desk He fell on his way and injured his back. The incident he experienced due to working from home and being injured on the way to his ‘home office’ ‘work accident’ The employee, who wanted to be evaluated within the scope of insurance, took legal action.

The decisions given by the two lower courts were that the employee’s going from bed to the desk was not considered a ‘work route’ and therefore could not be considered a ‘work accident’. However, Germany’s Federal Social Security Court, disagreeing with these decisions, evaluated the event from a different perspective. The court explained with an interesting analysis that the incident experienced by the employee can be evaluated within the scope of ‘work accident’.

The path from bed to desk was rated as the ‘work path’:

The court ruled that the accidents that occur on the way to work and that are considered within the scope of ‘legal occupational accident insurance’ only on ‘first trip’ states it is valid. What does this mean? Namely, the German employee was going downstairs to his office as soon as he got out of bed and did not have breakfast. For this reason, the incident could have been evaluated within the scope of insurance. However, working before the event If he had gone downstairs to have breakfast, the accident would not have been covered by the insurance.

“The plaintiff fell on his way to his office at home and had an accident at workThe court, which made its decision, announced that the current ‘work accident’ insurance is also valid for those working remotely and that the accidents that occur during the ‘work road’ will be evaluated within the same framework. It is not clear whether the German employee who experienced the accident was due to the epidemic conditions or if he was generally working from home. However, we can say that he is involved in a rather interesting case.