A trivial fall down the stairs for an employee, which could have a ripple effect on the whole world of work. Inail in fact recognized an administrative employee of a metalworking company in Treviso, 50, who had slipped into the house causing a couple of fractures, not only on sick days, but also 20 thousand euros in compensation for an accident at work. As well as free visits and therapies with no ticket obligation for the next ten years. A case destined to make school.
The dynamics
To report the news was The Gazzettino, which tells of how the employee, assisted by the CGIL, had to fight for a long time with the Institute for accidents at work to obtain this precious compensation. That at first he didn’t want to acknowledge it because he didn’t think there was a link between what the woman was doing and her corporate duties. According to the reconstruction of the facts, which date back to last September, the employee who was working the shift in smart working, during a phone call with a work colleague (using the service smartphone) fell down the stairs of the house causing a couple of fractures.
The union
the first time an accident is recognized in the workplace in smart working mode – explains Valentina Dalle Feste, head of the health protection sector of the CGIL Treviso at Gazzettino -. The employee immediately went to the emergency room where she carefully told what had happened to her, when and in what way. From there, as usual, the report to Inail started while the woman reported the accident to her employer. This precedent now make it right
April 17, 2021 (change April 17, 2021 | 9:07 pm)
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