• Does an accident at work in a state of inebriation not always mean loss of compensation from ZUS? (1)
    Driving a car - in order to perform activities related to a business activity - in a state of intoxication by an injured insured person conducting such activity and causing an accident in which he died, does not mean that the relationship between the activity and event causing the accident was broken. In such a situation, the entitled person is entitled to one-time compensation.
  • Check whether the employee's inebriation abolishes the employer's liability for failure to perform health and safety duties? (3)
    Negligence of the employer in the area of compliance with health and safety regulations, including in particular the rules applicable to work at heights, eg failure to use collective and individual protection measures against falling from height and the employee's work without prior protection of the workplace could be a co-cause of the accident and damage caused by this accident.
  • Employee's inebriation versus availability to the employer and an accident at work (6)
    The introduction of an employee into a state of inebriation while on the road from the place of performance of duties resulting from the employment relationship to the employer's seat is a means of transport owned by an employer and directed by another employee does not leave the employee at the employer's disposal within the meaning of the accident act.
  • When an employee's drunkenness does not exclude one-off compensation from Social Security (8)
    If an employee performs alcohol-related employee obligations, then he is not entitled to accident benefit benefits only if - being in the state of intoxication or under the influence of intoxicants or psychotropic substances - he contributed significantly to causing an accident.
  • Work in a state of intoxication with a heavy duty violation (9)
    The employee's employment in the state of intoxication is usually unlawful and culpable, and should therefore be classified as a serious breach of employee duties.
  • Accident at work in the state of intoxication and the right to accident benefits (10)
    The very fact that at the time of the accident the employee was in a state of intoxication, does not give grounds for stating that the relationship with work was broken. The employee benefits from accident insurance, even when he carried out employee duties in a state of intoxication. Unless, being in a state of intoxication or under the influence of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, it has contributed significantly to causing an accident.
  • Can the death of an intoxicated employee using company transport be an accident at work? (11)
    The death of an employee using company transport, provided by an employer to bring employees to the workplace, can be considered an accident at work. The condition is, however, that the employee's use of this transport is connected with the obligation to appear at the workplace.
  • Violation of health and safety regulations and the employee's intoxication and the right to accident benefits (12)
    It happens that an accident occurs in the workplace, which causes death or damage to the health of an employee who performed a job in a state of intoxication, and, additionally, the workplace did not meet the requirements of health and safety. This raises the question whether the employee or his family is entitled to benefits in respect of accidents at work.

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