Published: 2020-02-03

The Employer’s Civil Liability for Damages Due to an Accident at Work

Joanna May
Zeszyty Prawnicze
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2019.19.4.04

Abstract

Under the Polish Accident Act (ustawa wypadkowa) an employee who has an accident at work is entitled to certain benefits. However, if these benefits do not satisfy his claims, under Polish civil law he is entitled to supplementary claims against his employer. To prove the employer’s liability for compensation, the employee has to show that the conditions for the employer’s liability have been met. The recognition of the incident as an accident at work does not automatically mean that the employer is liable. Te aim of this article is to present the procedural and substantive aspects of the employee’s claims against his employer and the factors affecting their scope.

Keywords:

civil liability; accident at work; the employer’s complementary liability.

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May, J. (2020). The Employer’s Civil Liability for Damages Due to an Accident at Work. Zeszyty Prawnicze, 19(4), 89–108. https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2019.19.4.04

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