Monitor Prawniczy

no. 13/2019

Liability for failing to ensure safety to an employee’s child visiting in the workplace

Anna Rososzczuk
Autorka jest doktorem nauk prawnych.
Abstract

The verdict of the Administrative Court in Katowice of 4 November 2015, I ACa 595/15, is the first published judgment concerning the obligation of an employer to protect the health and life of a child whose visiting in the workplace has been approved by the employer. The gloss to this judgment enumerates the measures to be undertaken by the employer to fulfil this obligation. It was also necessary to consider the question whether inadequate supervision of the child by the parent may be a basis for a reduction of the compensation due to the child. The author also discussed the issue whether the nursing allowance received by the injured child’s mother should be taken into account when setting the amount of the disability benefit awarded to the child.