| The first newsletter of the Spring semester is below. As always, your comments and ideas are welcome. |
The article in the url below should bring a smile to your face:
"A German court has ruled that a man who slipped while walking a few metres from his bed to his home office can claim on workplace accident insurance as he was technically commuting."
Not that breaking your back is something to smile about—more that it feels like the kind of story that makes sense given the last couple of years. Injury and pain aside, the story gets quite funny in its detailed analysis:
"The court noted that the employee usually started working in his home office 'immediately without having breakfast beforehand,' but did not explain why that was relevant to the case. However, later it said that statutory accident insurance was only afforded to the 'first' journey to work, suggesting that a trip on the way to get breakfast after already being in the home office could be rejected."
There was no mention of whether the man can claim his pajamas as a tax-deductible work clothes expense.
Hope you all had a good break and have a good semester.
Take care
David
David Chandler
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Fall on walk from bed to desk is workplace accident, German court rules
By Oliver Holmes
December 9, 2021
The Guardian
